Speaking
Bring the Parallel Recovery message to your audience—with clarity, compassion, and a challenge to rethink what family care can be.
Lisa Katona Smith is a sought-after speaker known for her ability to reach both the hearts of families and the minds of professionals. As a TEDx speaker, author, educator, and creator of the Parallel Recovery™ model, she delivers powerful, actionable insights that shift perspectives, and systems.
She speaks with conviction, empathy, and credibility, translating lived experience, clinical understanding, and systems thinking into talks that engage, educate, and move people to action.
Lisa is available for both in-person and virtual engagements, including keynotes, conference sessions, panels, and organization-wide trainings. She works with treatment programs, clinical teams, nonprofits, educational institutions, parent groups, and community-based organizations across the country.
Whether addressing families navigating the pain of mental health and substance use, or professionals seeking more effective ways to engage them, Lisa’s message remains the same: families matter—and when they’re empowered, everything can change.
To inquire about availability or book Lisa for your next event, please use the form below.
Most Requested Speaking Topics
The Power of Parallel Recovery™
Rewriting the role of families in recovery—why connection matters more than control
Say It Better
Language, influence, and the art of communication in the face of addiction
Beyond the Sidelines
How evidence-based family support can change outcomes—and save relationships
Loving Without Losing Yourself
Boundaries, grief, and self-compassion in the journey of family recovery
What Families Really Need
Unspoken truths and practical tools for families navigating substance use and mental health
The Shift
How families become the system change—not the bystanders—in sustainable recovery