Who This Serves

For Individuals

You may already be in treatment. The question is whether it is actually working, and whether anyone in your picture is positioned to tell you honestly. Baker Private Advisory holds the broader clinical view, not as a treating provider, but as an independent retained advisor whose role is to tell the truth about the situation, the risks, and the decisions in front of you.

“I am already in care, or considering it, but I do not know whether this is the right path.”

You may have a diagnosis, a provider, even a plan, and still not know whether it is right, or what you are not being told. The work begins by reading the situation clearly and saying plainly what you are actually looking at.

The Service · Individual Consulting

This is the firm's Individual Consulting service. You retain Christopher Baker, LICSW, CAADC, as your private clinical advisor for confidential consultation and independent assessment of your situation and the plan in front of you. He gives you an honest read of the recommendations you are weighing, consults with you as decisions arise, coordinates with your providers when you authorize it, and explores the options when a change of course is genuinely in question. This service is yours alone, held in confidence, and distinct from any family arrangement: you are the client, and no one else.

Named engagements

The Independent Read. One senior, independent opinion on the plan in front of you.
Clinical Consultation. Confidential consultation sessions as decisions arise, with options explored when a change of course is in question.
Private Retained Advisory. Ongoing counsel as the situation moves.

The work includes

Confidential clinical consultation, on your terms
Independent assessment of the recommendation and the plan
An honest second perspective before you commit
Independent oversight across your providers, by your authorization
A clear read on what is working and what is not
A private, steady point of counsel

How this is different

Therapists treat and programs enroll, and each is bound to its own role in your care. Placement services and navigators are typically paid by the system they steer toward. Baker Private Advisory sits outside all of it: retained by you alone, exploring and vetting the options on the merits, and paid by no one else.

Common Questions

How is this different from seeing a therapist?

A therapist provides treatment within an ongoing relationship. This is independent advocacy and 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.

What does this cost?

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.

Is this confidential?

The firm is a sole retained advisory with no intake team, case-assignment process, or internal staff layer. Information is handled directly by him and governed by applicable professional, legal, and ethical obligations.

I am already in treatment. Why would I need this?

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.

What does an engagement actually look like?

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.

How It Begins

A brief, confidential call to determine whether the firm is the right resource. No obligation follows.

A substantive advisory consultation: the situation, the real options, and an honest read on what is needed.

A defined advisory project, or The Retained Advisory for situations that will unfold over time.

Baker Private Advisory provides independent clinical advisory and consultative support. It does not diagnose, treat, prescribe, provide psychotherapy, manage providers, or replace existing medical, therapeutic, legal, fiduciary, or emergency services.