Photo & portrait: Grace Gelder
Poh Lin Lee
I am continually curious to cross borders to bring together a thoughtful and intricate practice based on my experience and knowledge as a narrative therapist, co-researcher of trauma, writer, teacher, film protagonist and creative consultant.
I started out as an Australian social worker who has spent the last 14 yrs developing and engaged in therapeutic alliances and conversations with people across a number of countries and contexts (Australia, Mongolia, Benin, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Palestine, Turkey, Ukraine Germany, Belgium, Greece, UK, Spain) including providing torture and trauma counselling on Christmas Island and continuing to work alongside people seeking asylum through a film project with Gabrielle Brady, Island of the Hungry Ghosts (feature) and The Island (short).
For over 6 years I've been developing narrative practice consultations and workshops for filmmakers and creatives to assist in project development, ethical explorations and disrupting the expected for people to unearth the possible. I currently offer workshops at Kunsthochschule für Medien (Academy of Media Arts), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Dokomotive, Germany and more to be announced soon!
My Qualifications
I received my Bachelor in Social Work from Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia and my Masters with Honours in Narrative Therapy and Community Work from the University of Melbourne. I am a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers and a teacher for the International teaching faculty of Dulwich Centre. I am an honorary clinical fellow of the school of social work, University of Melbourne and have been a tutor in the Masters course, Narrative Therapy and Community Work, for the past 6 years. I am currently practicing as a Narrative Practice Consultant.
I started out as an Australian social worker who has spent the last 14 yrs developing and engaged in therapeutic alliances and conversations with people across a number of countries and contexts (Australia, Mongolia, Benin, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Palestine, Turkey, Ukraine Germany, Belgium, Greece, UK, Spain) including providing torture and trauma counselling on Christmas Island and continuing to work alongside people seeking asylum through a film project with Gabrielle Brady, Island of the Hungry Ghosts (feature) and The Island (short).
For over 6 years I've been developing narrative practice consultations and workshops for filmmakers and creatives to assist in project development, ethical explorations and disrupting the expected for people to unearth the possible. I currently offer workshops at Kunsthochschule für Medien (Academy of Media Arts), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Dokomotive, Germany and more to be announced soon!
My Qualifications
I received my Bachelor in Social Work from Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia and my Masters with Honours in Narrative Therapy and Community Work from the University of Melbourne. I am a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers and a teacher for the International teaching faculty of Dulwich Centre. I am an honorary clinical fellow of the school of social work, University of Melbourne and have been a tutor in the Masters course, Narrative Therapy and Community Work, for the past 6 years. I am currently practicing as a Narrative Practice Consultant.
Publications
Lee, P.L. (2018). Narrative Practice and Sandplay: Practice-based stories of collaboration with people seeking asylum held in mandatory detention. Journal of Systemic Therapies June 2018, Vol. 37, No. 2: 1–16.
available here: https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/jsyt.2018.37.2.1
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 available here section 1 & section 2
Lee, P. L. (2013). Making now precious: Working with survivors of torture and asylum seekers. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (1), 1–9.
available here: https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/jsyt.2018.37.2.1
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 available here section 1 & section 2
Lee, P. L. (2013). Making now precious: Working with survivors of torture and asylum seekers. International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work, (1), 1–9.