Lee Boon Ooi

Besides teaching and research, he is a practising psychologist for more than 20 years, specialising in depression, psychosis, dissociation, and psychosocial oncology. Similar to his research, he adopts an integrated approach to counselling. He maintains an active private practice and provides consultation at the Department of Psychosocial Oncology at the Singapore National Cancer Centre. He is a Recognized Clinical Supervisor certified by The Singapore Association for Counselling.

Research Interests

Culture and mental health: Multicultural therapy, multicultural school counselling, Indigenous healing systems, cultural psychopathology, , health beliefs, somatization, embodiment, narratives and phenomenology, mental health and alteration of consciousness (e.g., dissociation, trance)

Courses Taught

Multicultural therapy, Advanced Counselling Skills, Fundamentals of Counselling, Micro-Counselling Skills, Practicum Supervision

Articles (Journal)

• Lee, B. O. & Kirmayer, L. J. (2023). Spirit mediumship and mental health: Therapeutic self-transformation among dang-kis in Singapore.. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-021-09765-y (IF=2.594), 47(2), 271-300.
• Lee, B. O. (2023). Journeying through different my thic worlds: The healing story of Jing.. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation (Special Issue: Building an Equitable Global Psychology: Giving Voice to the Indigenous Psychology in Southeast Asia)., 12(2), 96'111.
• Chong, W. H. & Lee, B. O. (2021). Unders tanding effective implementation of prevention education programmes: Perspective from Singapore schools. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 30(null), 23'32 (IF=2.409).
• Manokara, V., Medvedev, O. N., & Lee, B. O. (2020). Parental illness representation of intellectual disability and parental emotional distress and coping. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 4(null), 284-294.
• Lee, B. O. & Kirmayer, L. J. (2020). Dang-Ki healing: An embodied relational healing practice in Singapore. Transcultural Psychiatry, 57(6), 786'800 (IF=3.155).
• Lee, B. O. (2016). Transforma tion in dang-ki healing: The embodied self and perceived legitimacy. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 40(null), 422-449. (IF=2.167).
• Yeo, L. S., & Lee, B.-O. (2014). School-based counseling in Singapore. Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling, 4(2), 159-167.
• Chong, W. H., Lee, B. O., Tan, S. Y., Wong, S. S., & Yeo, L. S. (2013). School psychology and school-based child and family intervention in Singapore.. School Psychology International, 34(2), 177-189 (IF=2.029)..
• Lee, B. O. (2013). Ambivalence over emotional expression and symptom attribution are associated with sel f-reported somatic symptoms in Singaporean school adolescents. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 16(3), 169-180. (IF=1.424)..
• Ow, C. Y., & Lee, B. O. (2012). Relationships between perceived stigma, coping orientations, self-esteem, and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia.. A sia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.1177/1010539512469246(null), 1-10. (IF=1.399)..
• Lee, B. O., Kirmayer, L. J., & Groleau, D. (2010). Therapeutic processes and perceived helpfulness of dang-ki (Chinese shamanism) from the symbolic healing perspective. Culture, Medicine and Psychi atry, 34(1), 56-105. (IF=2.167).
• Wong, S. S., Lee, B. O., Ang, R. P., Oei, T. P. S., & Ng, A. K. (2009). Personality, Health, and Coping: A Cross-National Study. Cross-Cultural Research, 43(3), 251-279. (IF=1.420)..
• Lee, B. O. (2009). Relationships between adolescents' preferred sourc es of help and emotional distress, ambivalence over emotional expression, and causal attribution of symptoms: A Singapore study.. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 37(4), 433-455. (IF=1.184)..
• Wong, S. S., Oei, T. P. S., Ang, R. P., Lee, B. O., Ng, A. K., & Leng, V. (2007). Perso nality, meta-mood, experience, life satisfaction, and anxiety in Australian versus Singaporean Students. Current Psychology, 26, 109-120 (IF=1.582)..
• Lee, B. O. (2007). Symptom attribution and preferred sources of help for psychiatric symptoms of university students in Singapore. Asian J ournal of Counselling, 14(1/2), 49-90.
• Ng, A. K., Ang, R. P., Lee, B. O., Wong, S. S., Tian P. S. Oei, & Leng, V. (2005). Do adaptors and innovators subscribe to opposing values?. Creativity Research Journal, 17(2), 273-281. (IF=1.645).
• Ang, R.P., Ng, A.K., Wong, S.S., Lee, B.O., Oei, T.P.S., & Leng, V. (2004). Relationship between Big-Five traits and aggression: A comparison between undergraduates from Australia and Singapore. Journal of Psychology in Chinese Societies, 5, 291-305.
• Lee, B. O. (2002). Chinese indigenous psychotherapies in Singapore. Counselling and P sychotherapy Research, 2(1), 2-10.
• Lee, B. O., & Bishop, G. D. (2001). Chinese clients' belief systems about psychological problems in Singapore. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 14(3), 219-240.
• Lee, B. O. (1995). Treating premature ejaculation in the multimodal therap eutic framework: A single case study. ANNALS: Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Human Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction, 24(5), 668-675. (IF=1.351)..