When families and their advisors call us
• A son or daughter arrested, hospitalised or in danger, at home or abroad
• A leak, an incident or a story that threatens the family name
• A divorce in which a child who is using becomes the battleground
• A next generation that is not ready to carry what the family has built
• An expensive clinic stay has ended, and the crisis is back
Support
How we can help
Why Code Red Care?
Why the crisis keeps coming back
Treatment works on the person. Recovery happens at home.
Families invest heavily in the best clinics. The child comes home, and within months the old patterns return. Not because treatment failed, but because the family around it never changed.
That is the part we take on. While the clinic treats the person, we work with the parents, directly and honestly, until the foundation of the family has changed. So the family is ready when the child comes home.
The Code Red Care-programme
How we work: two phases
1. Put out the fire.
We take control of the acute situation: assessment, intervention, safe placement and coordination of every specialist involved. One point of contact for the family and its advisors.
2. Restore the foundation.
While the person in crisis is in treatment, we work with the parents and the family system. So the family is ready when they come home, and the crisis does not repeat itself.
Services
Our Support
1
Confidential call
You or your advisor contact us. We listen, ask the right questions and assess what is needed.
2
Assessment
We map the situation and the whole family system, not only the person in crisis.
3
Plan
You receive a clear plan. We assemble the specialists and take the lead. The family stays in control of every decision.
4
Restoration and aftercare
We stay involved until the family stands on its own again.
How it works
Discretion is not a feature of our work. It is the condition for it.
You are used to carrying responsibility.
For your family, your business, your name. You solve problems for a living.
This is the one you cannot solve alone. And you do not have to.
About Me
Esther Ras,
Lead Case Manager
I founded Code RED Care to give families what I could not find myself: one person who takes charge in a crisis, and who has the courage to tell the parents the truth.
I am an interventionist and a trained recovery coach, with training in systemic family work, motivational interviewing and CBT, and an NLP Master Practitioner. For years I have guided families in addiction care and in my own practice, including families of significant wealth and international clients, and I have led family programmes for the loved ones of people in treatment.
I also know this work from the inside, as a mother and a former partner. That is why I never look away from the hard conversations.
Today I lead a team of experienced specialists, from interventionists to live-in counsellors and recovery coaches, working with families worldwide.
RECOMMENDATIONS
In the words of colleagues
"Whether acting as someone with lived experience or as an instructor, Esther is warm, open, and highly competent. She offers the right support and assistance, with a level of professional expertise that you would wish for every mother, father, son, daughter, or partner."
- Mads Wittermans Dutch Actor -
"Esther is an inspiring, passionate professional who effortlessly grasps complex material by putting herself in the client's shoes. Her knowledge surpasses many in this field - but above all, she's a wonderful person to have around."
- Meino de Vries, CEO Elsden Training/Clinic -
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Frequently asked questions
CONFIDENTIAL CONTACT
Request a confidential call
Everything you share is treated in strict
confidence. Advisors may contact us on
behalf of a family, without sharing names
in the first conversation.
+31 85 0041123