Meet FrancXs
FrancXs Placide
MMS, PA-C
Certified Professional Coach
Intuitive, Contemplative,
Grounded, Wise, and Healer
For most of my life, I knew who I was.
Grounded in my faith, empathetic, certain of my purpose, and steady under pressure. A natural problem-solver with a deep sense of discipline and an unshakeable belief that love, hard work, and the right approach could overcome anything. I brought all of that into parenting my beautiful, brilliant child — adopted from Guatemala and loved fiercely from day one. I loved hard and worked hard to give my child every opportunity. I believed I was prepared for whatever would come our way.
I was not prepared for this.
When mental illness and addiction entered our lives, everything I thought I knew about myself and strengths as a parent collapsed. The nights on the bathroom floor in tears. The rage-filled confrontations. The crushing, relentless feeling that I could cure it. All the confidence I had spent a lifetime building — gone. I was exhausted.
That’s when I made the hardest and most important decision for this season of my life. I stopped trying to fix my emerging young adult, and started healing myself.
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Out of love, necessity, and sheer determination, I turn my attention inward. I became a relentless student — of family recovery, mental health, emotional healing, and substance use disorder. I read everything I could get my hands on. I attended trainings, sat in support groups, and learned from multiple parents and professionals who had walked this road before me. What I gained wasn’t just knowledge. It was wisdom. Clarity. Confidence. Resilience. Self-Awareness. Understanding. Peace. And a hope I had to fight hard to find.
I pivoted and shifted my focus onto the only person I could control — Me. Then slowly, and with a lot of practice, I found my own path to recovery. And what about my young adult child? Well…they are also finding their path.
I believe too deeply in the power of community to keep any of this to myself. So here I am — a certified coach and, most importantly, a parent who is living this journey along side you — sharing the tools, support, and hard-won insight, skills, and wisdom that helps me reclaim my peace, clarity, joy, and my life regardless of where my child is on their journey. I deeply want this freedom for you too!
Who You Do This Work With Matters
This work is personal. I didn’t come to family recovery coaching through a textbook — I came through my own lived experience navigating addiction and mental illness in my family. I know this road from the inside, which means I show up for every parent not just as a coach, but as someone who truly gets it.
Service is my love language. My entire life has been in service of others. I carry that love and passion as I walk alongside parents in their healing — not as an expert standing above you, but as a committed companion beside you. Your growth, your peace, and your reclaimed life matter to me personally.
Every parent belongs here. I am intentional about creating spaces where everyone feels seen, safe, and valued — especially those who have been overlooked or underserved by traditional recovery systems. Whether you are an immigrant parent, a LGBTQ+ parent, an adoptive parent, BIPOC or White, neurodiverse, and/or differently-abled, you will find a safe home in doing this work with me.
Trainings & Certifications
- Certified Professional Coach -Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC)
- Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) Trained family provider
- Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) Facilitator
- Invitation to Change (ITC) Facilitator Certification
- Energy Leadership™ Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) Certification
- COR.E Transitions Dynamics™ Specialist (CTDS) Certification
- Trained Positive Mental Fitness Practitioner
- Vipassana Meditation Practitioner
- Teacher of Presence with Eckhart Tolle
Degrees & Experiences
- Masters of Medical Science– St. Louis University
- Certified & Licensed Physician Associate (PA)
- Graduate Certificate in Public Health– University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Bachelors of Science— Boston Universty
- Occupational Theapist (OT)
- 40-years combined service as a public health, military, and community healthcare executive, administrator, and provider of primary care, occupational therapy, home care, and mental health care services within Indian Health Services, Federal Prison system, Medicare & Medicaid, and other non-profit care settings.
What it’s like to work with me
You will leave our sessions feeling seen, encouraged, and more confident in your ability to move forward — and here’s why.
I show up to every conversation as my whole self. Curious, honest, compassionate, and real. I know what it is to love someone whose addiction has turned your world upside down — to absorb the chaos, carry the worry, and quietly lose yourself in the process. I’m not here to fix you or hand you a formula. I’m here to sit with you in it — without judgment, without rushing, and without needing you to pretend you’re okay.
You don’t have to explain yourself here. You can show up exactly as you are.
I listen carefully. I ask the questions worth asking. And I meet you where you are — not where anyone else thinks you should be by now. Together we’ll untangle what your loved one’s addiction and behaviors have done to your sense of self, build on the strength that’s still very much inside you, and find practical ways to navigate what’s right in front of you.
Because emotional recovery from loving someone with addiction is real work. It deserves real attention. And you deserve a space where your healing — not just your child’s — is the priority.
My goal isn’t to tell you what to do. It’s to help you trust yourself again. To make decisions with more confidence. And to leave each session with a little more clarity, a little more hope, and a little more peace than when you walked in.
Expressing Some Love
Services
Individual/Private Coaching
Group Coaching
Positive Mental Fitness Program
Energy Leadership Assessment
Podcast/Speaking Engagements
Person-Centered Care Advocacy
Contact
1-206-888-0157
FrancXsP@PlacideLT.com
Placide Coaching & Consulting
Because the world needs you and we need you to be well.
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