Invited Keynote & Featured Presentations (short list)
Lee, B.K. Congruence Couple Therapy: A systemic, relational, evidence-based model for substance use and behavioral addiction, presented at the Systemic Family Therapy Virtual Conference Live Expert Hour sponsored by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, October 25 – 27, 2023.
Lee, B.K. Congruence Couple Therapy for Gambling Disorder, Invited Pre-Conference Workshop. 24th International Centre for Responsible Gaming, Las Vega, Venetian Expo, October 8-9, 2023.
Lee, B.K. A Humanistic Understanding of Drug Use and Social Reintegration. Sponsored by Social Science University of Singapore and Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association, Sept. 28, 2023.
Lee, B.K. Working with Individual, Couple and Divorce Challenges using Congruence Couple Therapy. Singapore Family Services Centre, September 29, 2023.
Lee, B.K. Building the Couple as a Natural Resource in Concurrent Disorders. 4-hour workshop, Focus on the Future, Western Regional Conference on Problem Gambling Awareness, May 1-4, 2023, Seattle, sponsored by the Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling,
Lee, B.K. It Takes a Family: Gambling Disorder Impacts and Treatment. 4-hour workshop, Focus on the Future, Western Regional Conference on Problem Gambling Awareness, May 1-4, 2023, Seattle, sponsored by the Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling,
Lee, B.K. Your Relationships in Self-care. Invited featured webinar for Counselling and Psychotherapy Month, April 21, 2023, jointly sponsored by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Lee, B.K. The Hidden Drivers of Problem Gambling. Keynote Speaker and Workshop Lead for the 3rd Pan Europe Christian Conference for Gambling Rehabilitation, London, UK, July 18-21, 2022.
Lee, B. K. From Margins to Centre: Addiction as a Relational Problem. Invited featured webinar for Psychotherapy Week 2022, jointly sponsored by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and the Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, April 28, 2022 (online).
Lee, B.K. Behind the Curtain of Addiction: Congruence Couple Therapy Reveals. Address at the Inaugural Annual General Meeting, Saskatchewan Marriage and Family Therapy, Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, March 11, 2022.
Lee, B.K. Lifting the Curtain on Addiction: Childhood Trauma & Couple Distress. Invited Speaker and 1.5-day Invited Speaker and Workshop Presenter for the 18th Annual Armour Family Therapy Lecture Series of the Mercer University School of Medicine, co-sponsored by the Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, October 22-23, 2021.
Lee, B. K. Congruence Couple Therapy Training: Working with Couples with Addiction and Concurrent Disorders (20 hrs). Association for Professionals Specializing in Addiction Counselling, Singapore. Zoom, August 16-20, 2021.
Lee, B.K. The Circle of Giving and Receiving: Traditional Concepts in a Global Order. Keynote for the Symposium on Global Migration and Canadian Immigration Challenges and Opportunities. October 27, 2018, Nigeria-Canadian Association of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Public Library.
Lee, B.K. Improving Communication in Couples & Families. South Central Kansas Problem Gambling Task Force. Invited Annual Conference Workshop Presenter (1 day), Wichita, Kansas, April 28, 2018.
Lee, B.K. Couple Relationship and Problem Gambling: What’s the Link? 7th Keynote at the Annual Minnesota State Conference on Problem Gambling, Minneapolis, MN, May 4, 2010.
Lee, B.K. Ethnicity, Family & Problem Gambling Treatment: Constructions and Universals. Keynote at the Conference on Gambling, Culture, Community and Intervention sponsored by the COSTI Immigrant Services and the Ontario Resource Group. Toronto, ON, March 6, 2008.
Invited Workshops by Organizations (short list)
Caritas Family Service, Hong Kong
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
European Association of Professionals Working in the Addiction Field
Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling, Seattle, USA
Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Department of Psychiatry
Family Services Centre, Singapore
Fudan University, Department of Psychology, Shanghai
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, Acute Psychiatry Clinic, Centre For Problem Gambling and Digital
Dependency, Windsor, Ontario
Illinois Council on Problem Gambling
Institutes for Advanced Clinical Education, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
International Centre for Responsible Gaming, USA
Marine Corps Base Quantico, Behavioral Health Program, USA
Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling
Mercer University School of Medicine and Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Satir Whole Person Development Association of Malaysia
Singapore Association for Professionals Specializing in Addiction Counselling
Singapore University of Social Sciences
South Central Kansas Problem Gambling Task Force, Wichita, USA
The Christian Centre for Gambling Rehabilitation, London, UK
The University of Melbourne, Problem Gambling Research and Treatment Centre
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
University Mental Health, Neurosciences and Precision Medicine Research Institute, Athens
University of Winnipeg, Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Program