Baker Private AdvisoryLLCAn Independent Clinical Consultancy
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Baker Private AdvisoryLLCAn Independent Clinical Consultancy
Common questions from individuals weighing whether this is the right resource, and what it means to have a genuinely independent clinical perspective working only for you.
A therapist provides treatment within an ongoing relationship. This is independent clinical counsel that sits outside any treatment relationship: a second perspective, an honest read of the care you are receiving, and advocacy with no competing interest shaping it.
Because no one inside your treatment is positioned to tell you whether it is working. Your providers each hold a defined role within your care. Baker Private Advisory sits outside those roles and can give an independent read on whether the current approach is serving you.
There is no fixed template; the structure follows what you need. Some are intensive at the start and taper as clarity is established, some are retained relationships available when something surfaces, and some are focused on a single decision.
No. You write or call directly. There is no intake, no referral requirement, and no organizational routing between you and the work. Christopher Baker responds personally.
Yes. A single consultation is a defined engagement with no obligation to continue. Many people begin with one and decide from there.
No. The value of independent counsel is precisely that it is not shaped by what is comfortable or what keeps you engaged. If something is not working, Christopher Baker will say so. That directness is an obligation he takes seriously.
That is what the conversation is for. His role is not to dictate but to give you the clearest, most honest picture possible, and to engage genuinely with your response. Disagreement is sometimes productive. It is never a reason to end the conversation.
Yes, and that is often when this adds the most value. The work can coordinate with treating clinicians and provide independent perspective that strengthens rather than disrupts existing care. Independence from the system does not mean isolation from it.
This is a sole retained consultancy with no intake team, case-assignment process, or internal staff layer. Information is handled directly by Christopher Baker and governed by applicable professional, legal, and ethical obligations.
That is a reasonable place to start. The first conversation exists for exactly that: to understand the situation together and decide whether and how this can be useful. You need not arrive with a fully formed request.
Some engagements may include in-person advisory presence when clinically appropriate and explicitly agreed upon. This may include consultation with the client, family, advisors, or providers; participation in meetings; review of recommendations; and support around planning, communication, risk, treatment transitions, or family decision-making. Baker Private Advisory does not provide transport, companion services, emergency response, direct treatment, or clinical care management.
As long as the situation warrants and no longer. Some are a single consultation, some continue over months or years as circumstances evolve. There is no minimum and no pressure to extend beyond what is useful.
Substance use, acute psychiatric conditions, dual-diagnosis complexity, family systems under strain, and treatment decisions at any level of care, including where these intersect with legal or financial matters.
Yes. Retained clients have direct access, including after hours and in urgent moments. There is no on-call rotation and no after-hours team; you reach Christopher Baker directly.
Engagements are structured on a retained, project, or single-consultation basis, entirely outside insurance and with no billing intermediaries. The fee structure is direct and discussed at the outset.
No intake form. No coordinator. No assignment process. The first call is a direct conversation about whether and how this consultancy can help.
Reach Christopher Baker