This episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, hosted by Dave Roberts, features Lisa Katona Smith, founder of Parallel Recovery and a leading advocate for family-centered addiction recovery. Lisa shares her personal journey navigating her son's substance use disorder, which inspired her to develop the Parallel Recovery framework—a structured, compassionate approach that empowers families to heal alongside their loved ones.

The conversation explores the limitations of traditional family support in addiction treatment, emphasizing the need for practical tools, healthy boundaries, and self-reflection for family members. Lisa and Dave discuss the importance of addressing stigma, building therapeutic relationships, and treating addiction as a family disease. Lisa outlines her framework, which focuses on self-understanding, communication, grief,  ...