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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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