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The work, named

Two categories of work, organized by what the situation requires. Advisory and consultative work is the perspective, counsel, and judgment that shapes decisions. Direct therapeutic work is presence on the ground when presence is what the moment calls for. Both are conducted by the same retained clinician.

The categories
Each category has its own page describing the services within it. The substance, the structural architecture, and the retained clinician remain constant across them.
The distinction

Advisory work tells the situation what should happen. Direct therapeutic work is the work the situation requires when someone has to be there for it.

Most engagements draw primarily on advisory and consultative work. The clinical perspective, the records review, the read of the situation, the counsel before a decision, the standing retainer that returns access to the same expert across the arc. The substantial majority of what Baker Private Advisory does is conducted by phone, video, and email, with in-person presence available where the situation substantively requires it.

Some situations require more than counsel. Interventions, transitions, the moments when a person’s safety and direction depend on having a seasoned independent clinician genuinely present. Direct therapeutic services are the engagements where Christopher Baker is physically present for the duration. The same clinician who has been advising is the one in the room.

The first conversation

Each engagement begins the same way: a direct conversation about the situation.

There is no intake, no organizational process. You correspond with Christopher Baker personally. The first conversation is at no cost and carries no commitment.

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