London · Geneva · Dubai · I travel to you
They'll never agree to rehab.
That is not where the conversation ends. It is where I start. Rehab is not the only serious help there is. It is the only one you have heard of. Sophie Solmini, ICADC, MATS.
The Third Option
You have two options. Not anymore.
You could wait, and hope it did not become a crisis. Or you could let it go, and stop fighting it. That was the whole list. Now there is a third. I bring what a residential programme actually does into the life they are not willing to leave.
The Biology
This Is Not a Character Problem.
They Cannot Switch Off
Years of running at that level burn out the brain's own brake. Alcohol becomes the only thing left that can stop the engine. This is hardware, not character. They are not weak.
Nothing Lands Anymore
When someone can have anything and keeps winning, the brain turns the volume down on all of it. Ordinary life stops registering. Home stops registering. The drink puts them back to a baseline the brain can no longer reach on its own.
It Is Always the Evening
The part of the brain that says no is expensive to run. By six in the evening it is offline. The promise they made at breakfast was real, and it still did not survive until dinner. The tank was empty.
None of this is a choice they keep getting wrong. It is a system that stopped working. You cannot argue a system back into place. It has to be rebuilt around them, and that is what I do.
How I Work
Four ways to work together. Which one depends on how bad it is right now.
What I Change
I Change What Is Around Them.
I Build the Structure
The routines, the oversight, the people. The cycle breaks without them being sent away, and without anyone losing a career over it.
It Fits the Life They Have
The work is built around what they already do, including the travel. They do not step away. That is the whole point.
Nobody Has to Know
Nothing about it is visible to the people they work with. The reputation holds, and the job keeps running.
What Happens
From the First Call Onwards
You Tell Me What Is Happening
One private conversation. I tell you how serious it actually is and what is really at stake. No judgment, and nothing you say gets back to anyone.
I Build It Around Their Life
Nothing off a shelf. It is built around their house, their schedule, and who they actually are.
I Talk to Everyone Else
The advisors, the lawyers, the doctors. I make sure they are all working from the same picture. No gaps. No contradictions. You stop being the switchboard.
I Do Not Disappear
I keep checking in, and you can always reach me. This is not a handoff.
Where I Am
Wherever They Are.
Most of It Is Remote
The work starts remote and usually stays there. Most weeks, everything that needs to happen happens over a screen and a call.
I Get on a Plane When It Matters
When it gets bad enough to need someone in the room, I go to them. How much I am there depends on how bad it is.
Across the Corridor, and Past It
Most clients sit across the Dubai, London, and Geneva corridor, and I work its time zones. When one of them is somewhere else, that is where I go.
Is This You
Two People Read This Page.
If you are the one who is worried
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You are watching someone drink more than they used to, and you have stopped saying anything about it.
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You already know they will never walk into a facility, and you do not know what is left after that.
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You are the lawyer, the advisor, or the family office. Someone has asked you to handle this quietly and you do not know who to call.
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You are frightened of making it worse. Every version of the conversation you rehearse ends badly.
If you are the one they are worried about
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You know something has to change. You are not willing to vanish for thirty days to do it.
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You have had close calls. Nothing has broken yet, but you can see where this is going.
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You do not want therapy and you do not want a coach. You want someone who has actually done this work.
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You are still performing. Nobody has said anything, and that is exactly why this has gone on so long.
How This Starts
Most people who contact me are not the person with the problem. They are the person next to them. That is the right way to start, and you do not need anyone's permission to do it.
The Entry Point
Confidential Case Formulation
$950 USD virtual- —
Ninety minutes. You tell me the whole situation, including the parts you have not said out loud to anyone. They do not need to know you called.
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I tell you how serious this actually is. Not a guess. I have watched where this goes, many times over.
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I tell you what I would do about it, whether or not you hire me.
In-person sessions available. Travel costs apply.
Everything here is confidential. No records. No exposure. No exceptions.
About Sophie
Fifteen Years of This Work
I hold the ICADC credential, and I built Heal@Home in 2016. I coordinate the case, handle the crisis, and plan what comes next, for executives, board members, and family office leadership.
Elite Resilience Coaching is registered in the UAE as a management consultancy. My corridor is the DIFC, Dubai, London, and Geneva, and I travel to the client.
Stability is not achieved by removing them from their world. It is achieved by building a structure around it.
Sophie Solmini · ICADC, MATS
Questions Asked Before a First Call
What People Want to Know First
What exactly do you do?
I work with people who will not step away from their lives to deal with a drinking or drug problem. I handle everyone around them, the family, the advisors, the doctors, the household, so it gets dealt with quietly and nothing leaks. My job is to make sure they are all working from the same picture, and that the right help arrives in the right order. This role has a name in the field: Strategic Clinical Liaison. I work at the clinical interface without practising clinically. All medical care is delivered by licensed physicians independently of this practice.
Is this confidential? Will anyone find out?
Nothing you tell me enters a record. There are no reviews to read and no client list, because I work by referral only. The whole thing is built so that nobody around you can tell anything has changed unless you decide to tell them.
How is this different from a sober companion?
A sober companion sits beside the person. That is one body in the room. I work on everything around them instead. I talk to the doctors, the lawyers, the family and the household, and I change the environment they go back to. It is a wider job than sitting next to someone.
Where is the practice based?
My corridor is the DIFC, Dubai, London, and Geneva, and I travel to the client when the work needs me in the room. Elite Resilience Coaching is registered in the UAE as a management consultancy. I take clients anywhere.
How do I begin a conversation?
You start with a Confidential Case Formulation. Ninety minutes, $950, done remotely. If you want me there in person, travel costs apply. Use the form on any page. Nothing is committed to and nothing leaves the room until you decide it does.
Next Step
Talk to Me Before It Breaks.
You do not need to have decided anything. You do not need them to have agreed to anything. You just need to talk to someone who has seen this before.