CHRIS THE SPEAKER
CHRIS A. MATTHEWS, LMFT-S, LCAS
Relational Leadership Keynote Speaker
Speaking Experiences Designed to Create Real Change, Not Just Applause
I approach speaking as an opportunity to create real connection and lasting change. Whether delivering a corporate keynote, leading a church retreat, facilitating a marriage workshop, or joining a therapy podcast, my focus is on leaving audiences with clarity, direction, and practical takeaways they can apply long after the event has concluded. My work is designed to support reflection, accountability, and forward momentum, not just a moment of inspiration or temporary motivation.
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WHO CHRIS SPEAKS TO
Chris works with audiences who are ready for more than inspiration. His work resonates most with people and organizations that value clarity, accountability, and practical forward movement. These audiences are not looking to be entertained or briefly motivated. They are looking for insight that leads to measurable change and tools they can actually use long after the event ends.
Married Men
Chris works with married men who are serious about leading themselves and their families with clarity, consistency, and accountability. These audiences are often navigating pressure, responsibility, and relational strain while trying to show up well at home and at work. Chris speaks directly to men who are ready to take ownership of their role in the marriage and move from good intentions to sustained action.
Committed Couples
Chris's messaging works best with couples who are committed to their relationship and willing to engage honestly in the work of repair, growth, and reconnection. These audiences are not looking for surface-level advice, but for structure, direction, and tools they can actually use. Chris helps couples develop shared leadership, improve communication, and build patterns that support long-term stability and trust.
Organizational Leaders
Chris partners with organizational leaders who are responsible for culture, performance, and people development. These audiences often include executives, managers, founders, and leadership teams who understand that relational health directly impacts outcomes. Chris supports leaders in strengthening communication, accountability, and dynamics in ways that align with organizational goals.
TOPICS CHRIS COVERS
Chris speaks on relational leadership, accountability, and human dynamics in ways that translate across marriages, organizations, and communities. His topics are designed to meet audiences where they are while offering clear frameworks they can apply immediately. Each session blends lived experience, research-informed insight, and practical tools that move people from awareness to action. Book Chris today for any number of event formats, including:
RETREATS • KEYNOTES • WORKSHOPS • EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS • LEADERSHIP INTENSIVES
CHURCH EVENTS • CORPORATE TRAININGS • PODCASTS • PANEL DISCUSSIONS
BROADCAST INTERVIEWS • MEN’S SUMMITS • COUPLES INTENSIVES
PERFECT FOR retreats, workshops, churches, committed couples
Marriage Underdogs
Some marriages are forged through adversity. Others are tested by it. Marriage Underdogs speaks to couples who have weathered setbacks, opposition, or unexpected challenges and are still standing. Drawing from his own marriage story, Chris helps couples reframe their shared history as a source of strength rather than strain. This session invites couples to reconnect with their purpose, strengthen leadership within the relationship, and intentionally choose how they move forward together.
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Stronger boundaries and expectations
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Tools for forgiveness and repair
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Communication strategies that support mutual wins
PERFECT FOR employee retention, team building, student or staff orientations
Finding Your Relationship Fix
You can’t undo what’s already happened, but you can repair what’s been damaged and change how you show up next. Finding Your Relationship Fix equips participants with a practical framework for addressing relational breakdowns before they escalate. This session applies to personal, professional, and organizational relationships, helping people identify what’s missing, navigate difficult conversations, and restore trust with intention rather than avoidance.
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A clear framework for relational repair
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Skills for navigating hard conversations
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Tools to stop small issues from becoming major conflicts
PERFECT FOR men’s groups, violence prevention initiatives, sports teams, fraternities
Positive Masculinity
Masculinity is not inherently toxic. The absence of healthy leadership is. Positive Masculinity reframes masculine identity as a force for responsibility, protection, and stability while directly addressing the behaviors that can push positive traits, like bravery, into ones that lead to harm, like foolhardiness. This session combines cultural insight, relational data, and accountability-based leadership principles to help men understand how to express strength without fear, suppression, or aggression.
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A grounded definition of healthy masculinity
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Clear distinctions between strength and harm
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Practical ways to regulate emotion and lead responsibly
PERFECT FOR leadership programs, EQ training, workplace wellness initiatives
Expecting the Expected
Leadership begins internally. Expecting the Expected helps participants understand how beliefs shape thoughts, thoughts shape emotions, and emotions drive behavior. This session focuses on identifying thinking errors, managing internal responses, and installing accountability without intimidation or control. Participants learn that they need to lead themselves before attempting to guide others. Chris then goes into teaching how to do so more effectively, especially under pressure or uncertainty.
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Awareness of common thinking errors
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Tools for emotional regulation and stress management
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Accountability strategies rooted in clarity, not fear
PERFECT FOR executives, business owners, investors, leadership teams
Leading for Legacy
Success without connection is not only unsustainable, it is almost impossible to achieve in the first place. Leading for Legacy challenges high-performing leaders to examine how their professional choices impact every relationship that comprises their wholistic network. This includes interpersonally in the workplace, as well as family. This session helps participants align their ambition with intentionality, develop realistic balance strategies, and define the legacy they want to leave both at work and at home.
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Practical work-life integration strategies
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Clarity around personal values and priorities
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A framework for intentional leadership at home and work
THE DIFFERENCE WITH CHRIS
Most speakers focus on motivation or awareness.
Chris focuses on movement.
His speaking work is designed to help people think differently, lead themselves more effectively, and take responsibility for the changes they want to see. Audiences don’t leave with abstract ideas or emotional highs. They leave with clarity, direction, and a framework they can apply immediately.
What sets Chris apart is not performance or personality. It is structure, honesty, and accountability. His work challenges audiences to move beyond insight and into action, creating lasting impact rather than a momentary response. If you want a speaker who helps people feel inspired, there are many options. If you want a speaker who helps people change how they show up, Chris does that work.
ABOUT CHRIS
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Chris A. Matthews is one of the most trusted and transformational marriage counselors in the country. With a 90% success rate helping couples heal from infidelity, rebuild emotional safety, and reignite their connection, he has earned a reputation as the go-to expert for relationships in crisis. As the founder and owner of both Behavioral Health Intervention Center, LLC and Relationship Counseling Group, PLLC, Chris leads two of North Carolina’s premier mental health and relationship wellness organizations, serving thousands of individuals, couples, and families each year. Chris’s expertise is backed not only by his clinical training but also by nearly two decades of personal experience. He has been happily married for 19 years and is a dedicated father of three, which gives him a deep, firsthand understanding of the joys and challenges that come with long-term commitment, parenting, and navigating real-life relationship dynamics. His groundbreaking work has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Certified Minority Business Enterprise of the Year (2024) and the Presidential Merit Award from Pfeiffer University (2021). Chris holds multiple professional credentials: he is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS), Certified Clinical Supervisor (CCS), Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP®), and an Approved Supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). Chris’s insight and expertise have been featured in national outlets such as The New York Times, NPR Radio, and ABC News. He is also the best-selling author of Marriage Underdogs and Finding Your Relationship Fix. Known for his bold, compassionate, and results-driven style, Chris travels the world speaking, training, and leading international marriage retreats for couples who want more than just surface-level solutions. When your marriage is at a crossroads, you need more than advice—you need a proven guide with the heart and skill to walk you through the hard stuff. Investing in counseling with Chris A. Matthews means giving your relationship the best chance at real, lasting transformation. Because your love is worth fighting for—and with Chris, you’ll have a seasoned expert in your corner every step of the way.