Kathleen Reynolds MSW, ACSW, has over thirty (30) years experience in the mental health and addictions and over 15 years of experience in the bi-directional integration of behavioral health and primary care. M. Reynolds is currently the principle in Reynolds Associates an Ypsilanti, MI based consulting firm and works part-time as a Senior Study Director for Westat in Rockville, MD. Ms. Reynolds was the first Director of the SAMHSA/HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions – the first National Training and Technical Assistance for Integration in the Country - and the Vice President for Health Integration and Wellness for the National Council for Community Behavioral. Ms. Reynolds was the Director of the Washtenaw Community Health Organization (WCHO) a nationally recognized organization in the integration of behavioral health and primary care services for nine years so has experience implementing the services that provided through her consultations. The WCHO included a Community Mental Health Services Program, a Substance Abuse Coordinating Agency and primary health care capitation dollars for Medicaid and indigent consumers.
Ms. Reynolds graduated from the University of Michigan, School of Social Work in 1982. Ms. Reynolds has presented at a wide variety conferences and conventions on integrated health and is the author/co-author of numerous articles on the topic. She currently teaches in the Doctor of Behavioral Health Program at Arizona State University and the Integrated Health Certificate program at the University of Michigan. She co-authored a manual on implementing integrated care entitled, Raising the Bar: Moving toward the Integration of Health Care a Manual for Providers. Raising the Bar has two and has been used widely to implement integration between the public behavioral health providers and primary care clinics.