Poh Lin Lee
I’m interested in cultivating non-extractive and decolonial approaches to engaging with lived experience, whether this be in therapeutic, community or creative practices. I learnt the craft of narrative therapy with people and communities experiencing family and state violence, displacement (from rights, land, home, body, identity, relationships), and traversing the in-between spaces of place, identity, status and experience. Practising at the intersection of narrative therapy and film grew from a long standing collaboration with Gabrielle Brady on the award winning film Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2018) and The Wolves Always Come at Night (2024). These days I continue to weave these different practices and fields to create experiential workshops and consultations.
I’m interested in cultivating non-extractive and decolonial approaches to engaging with lived experience, whether this be in therapeutic, community or creative practices. I learnt the craft of narrative therapy with people and communities experiencing family and state violence, displacement (from rights, land, home, body, identity, relationships), and traversing the in-between spaces of place, identity, status and experience. Practising at the intersection of narrative therapy and film grew from a long standing collaboration with Gabrielle Brady on the award winning film Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2018) and The Wolves Always Come at Night (2024). These days I continue to weave these different practices and fields to create experiential workshops and consultations.
Current positions:
Faculty Dulwich Centre
Faculty & Board Re-authoring Teaching
Film and Narrative Therapy Consultant Film in Mind
Honorary clinical fellow School of Social Work, University of Melbourne
International Advisory Committee Latin American Journal of Clinical Social Work
Editorial Board International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work
Faculty Dulwich Centre
Faculty & Board Re-authoring Teaching
Film and Narrative Therapy Consultant Film in Mind
Honorary clinical fellow School of Social Work, University of Melbourne
International Advisory Committee Latin American Journal of Clinical Social Work
Editorial Board International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work
Sessional workshop facilitator for:
Film in Mind, UK
The Flaherty, USA
International Documentary Association, USA
The Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab for the Promotion of Mental Health via Cinematic Arts, USA
Australian Film Television and Radio School, Australia
Victorian College of the Arts, Film and Television, Australia
Attagirl for female and non-binary filmmakers, worldwide
DocX Archive Lab Duke University, USA
KHM Academy of Media Arts, Germany
Dokomotive Collective, Germany
Filmhaus Köln, Germany
Film in Mind, UK
The Flaherty, USA
International Documentary Association, USA
The Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab for the Promotion of Mental Health via Cinematic Arts, USA
Australian Film Television and Radio School, Australia
Victorian College of the Arts, Film and Television, Australia
Attagirl for female and non-binary filmmakers, worldwide
DocX Archive Lab Duke University, USA
KHM Academy of Media Arts, Germany
Dokomotive Collective, Germany
Filmhaus Köln, Germany
Publications
Phillips, T., Lee, P. L., & Trundle, C. (2025). Narrative Sandplay Interviews: Methodology, Implications and Lessons Learned From a COVID-19 Border Study. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251343658
Lee, Poh Lin & Rose, Helena (2025). Our multi-storied bodies: in practitioner-centred conversations. Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice, 8(1), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.28963/8.1.16
Wang, Xiaolu & Lee, Poh Lin (2024). Chapter: Fragments contain worlds: encounters between Narrative Practice and Filmmaking. In Decolonizing Bodies. London: Bloomsbury Press
Eskioğlu, M.C; Lee, P.L; Snowdon, P. (2023) Unpacking together: therapeutic conversation as co-creation, Collateral Journal
Lee, Poh Lin (2023). Our bodies as multi-storied communities: ethics & practices. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 42(2) 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.2.1
Lee, Poh Lin (2018). Narrative Practice and Sandplay: Practice-based stories of collaboration with people seeking asylum held in mandatory detention. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 37(2) 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2018.37.2.1
La Revista Latinoamericana de Trabajo Social Clínico La Práctica Narrativa y la Caja de Arena: Prácticas Basadas en Historias de Colaboración con Personas que buscan asilo y que están en detención obligatoria
Lee, P. L. (2017). Narrative conversations alongside Interpreters: A locally grown outsider-witness practice. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (4), 18–27.
Danish translation by Dansk Forening for Systemisk og Narrativ Terapi og Konsultation
Lee, P. L. (2012). Making now precious: Working with survivors of torture and asylum seekers. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (1), 1–9.
Lee, Poh Lin & Rose, Helena (2025). Our multi-storied bodies: in practitioner-centred conversations. Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice, 8(1), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.28963/8.1.16
Wang, Xiaolu & Lee, Poh Lin (2024). Chapter: Fragments contain worlds: encounters between Narrative Practice and Filmmaking. In Decolonizing Bodies. London: Bloomsbury Press
Eskioğlu, M.C; Lee, P.L; Snowdon, P. (2023) Unpacking together: therapeutic conversation as co-creation, Collateral Journal
Lee, Poh Lin (2023). Our bodies as multi-storied communities: ethics & practices. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 42(2) 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2023.42.2.1
Lee, Poh Lin (2018). Narrative Practice and Sandplay: Practice-based stories of collaboration with people seeking asylum held in mandatory detention. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 37(2) 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1521/jsyt.2018.37.2.1
La Revista Latinoamericana de Trabajo Social Clínico La Práctica Narrativa y la Caja de Arena: Prácticas Basadas en Historias de Colaboración con Personas que buscan asilo y que están en detención obligatoria
Lee, P. L. (2017). Narrative conversations alongside Interpreters: A locally grown outsider-witness practice. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (4), 18–27.
Danish translation by Dansk Forening for Systemisk og Narrativ Terapi og Konsultation
Lee, P. L. (2012). Making now precious: Working with survivors of torture and asylum seekers. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (1), 1–9.