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Contributions To Psychology
Dr. Will Cupchik has
contributed numerous developments to the field of psychology, including
the following:
IN THE AREA OF
STEALING CARRIED OUT BY USUALLY HONEST ADULTS:
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originator of the
Loss
Substitution By Stealing Hypothesis
that articulates the connection between what an individual perceives
as unfair, personally meaningful losses and their acting out via
theft behavior;
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senior author of the article entitled
Shoplifting: An Occasional Crime Of The Moral Majority,
published in the professional journal, The Bulletin of the
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, in 1983
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author of numerous
other articles on this subject that have been published in
professional journals, newsletters
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developer of two
assessment tools, the
Cupchik Theft
Offender Questionnaire ©
and the
Cupchik Theft Offender Spectrum
©
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originator of a
considerable number of innovative approaches to working with these
clients
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author of the
book,
WHY HONEST
PEOPLE SHOPLIFT OR COMMIT OTHER ACTS OF THEFT, REVISED EDITION
©
[March 2002] [ISBN 1-896342-08-6]
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providing the
website,
WhyHonestPeopleSteal.com
that offers over 160 (copyrighted) pages of information about the
phenomenon of usually honest adults who steal
IN THE AREA OF ASSESSING AND
ALTERING RELATIONSHIPS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
- originator
Reintrojection
Therapy, a psychotherapeutic
technique that allows for altering parental and other introjects
that the individual lives with, and that affects how he or she
interacts with other persons. An article describing this approach
was published in the professional journal Psychotherapy: Theory,
Research and Practice in 1984
- developed the
Cupchik
Relationship Questionnaire ©,
a 24-item multiple choice questionnaire that assesses personal
relationships on four dimensions
- originator of
'The Rope
Trick' ©, the optimal
fantasy exercise with which to assess the statics and dynamics of an
interpersonal relationship
IN THE AREA OF GESTALT THERAPY
- Originated
the
One Way Mirror
- Soundproofed Room technique
to assist clients who are reluctant to confront 'significant others'
in the 'empty chair' because of imagined retribution if they do so
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