Baker Private AdvisoryLLCAn Independent Clinical Consultancy
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Baker Private AdvisoryLLCAn Independent Clinical Consultancy
I am a clinical social worker and certified addiction counselor. I founded Baker Private Advisory to give people facing serious behavioral health and substance use situations independent clinical judgment they can rely on. This page explains why I built the firm, and the experience behind the work.
Three forms of experience rarely held by one advisor.
Hands-on work with acute psychiatric and substance use complexity, dual diagnosis, and families in crisis.
Clinical oversight and program leadership inside behavioral health organizations, from program level to executive.
Retained clinical counsel for individuals, families, advisors, and organizations, outside any treatment system.
Across nearly two decades inside the behavioral health system, I kept seeing the same gap. Families, advisors, and organizations were making serious decisions about treatment, risk, and care without anyone independent helping them understand the full clinical picture. Every voice in the room belonged to a program, a provider, or an institution with a role of its own. I built Baker Private Advisory to hold the position that was missing: independent clinical judgment, retained directly by the person who carries the decision.
My career has run through every level of that system: clinical, organizational, and advisory. Direct clinical work shows what providers see and do not see. Leadership shows how programs actually decide. Advisory work is where those two come together in service of the client. The judgment this work rests on is the depth of having held all three.
Baker Private Advisory is intentionally built around a single advisor. When you retain it, you work with me directly, not an intake team, a coordinator, rotating staff, or a referral network. The person who takes your first call is the one who reads the records, speaks with the people involved, and is present for the decisions that matter. That is the point: direct access, continuity, and one accountable advisor throughout. It is also why I accept no referral fees and no compensation from any provider. The only party I answer to is the client.
The work is intentionally direct and relationship-based. When it is clinically appropriate and feasible, I prefer to begin in person, which supports trust, fuller context, and a more accurate read of the concerns involved.
Discretion here is not simply a marketing claim. It follows from the structure itself: information is handled directly by me, and governed by applicable professional, legal, and ethical obligations.
Initial contact typically begins with a confidential phone consultation, by phone or email, about what brought you here and whether this is the right resource. It carries no obligation. When the matter appears appropriate, an in-person consultation is often recommended as the next step, before ongoing advisory work begins. If a formal engagement follows, its scope is agreed explicitly, so you know what the work covers and what it does not.
The first call is a direct conversation about whether and how this consultancy can help.
Reach Christopher Baker