Lee, Bonnie

Bonnie Lee, Ph.D., is Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences (Addictions Counselling) and  a Research Affiliate of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy. Dr. Lee was awarded the University of Lethbridge Board of Governors Research Chair in Healthy Futures (2016-2019), a prestigious appointment that recognizes her excellence and international reputation for  research and leadership in advancing an innovative systemic relational framework for treatment in the addiction field.

Dr. Lee received her doctoral degree from the University of Ottawa with two postdoctoral fellowships in the same institution. Prior to settling in Lethbridge, she had resided in nine cities around the world. She is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor with the Canadian Association for Marriage Family and Therapy, a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and a Registered Social Worker.

In 2023, Dr. Lee founded the Graduate Certificate Program in Couple and Family Counselling Studies to equip those in the fields of health and social services with a systemic and relational lens to analyze challenges and create multi-dimensional solutions. https://www.ulethbridge.ca/future-student/graduate-studies/couple-and-family-counselling-studies-gc

Her Congruence Couple Therapy, adopted by Alberta Health Services Mental Health and Addiction Services sites, is named a 2023 Distinguished Initiative by the Health Quality Council of Alberta in their Patient Experience Awards, celebrating programs that improve patient access and experience in Alberta's health-care services. In 2021, she was selected for the Expert Speakers Panel by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She received the Distinguished Contribution Recognition from the Alberta Association of Marriage and Family Therapy in 2010 and was  awarded the YWCA (Lethbridge) Woman of Distinction Award in the Spirit of Women in the same year.

A sought-after keynote speaker and trainer in the field of addiction treatment, Dr. Lee has conducted training in couple therapy for Advanced Clinical Education with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. In her career, she has received international appointments at six universities in the USA, Asia and Europe. 

For Dr. Lee's publications, go to: https://opus.uleth.ca/collections/f8af2221-e594-4d19-bcbf-fa5b8f77a8ae

About Dr. Lee's research and workshops, go to: https://sites.ulethbridge.ca/congruence-couple-therapy-research