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Catalyst BH Consulting helps behavioral-healthcare organizations start, staff, and scale — combining hands-on HR leadership with clinical-program development from a team of behavioral-health veterans.
Catalyst BH Consulting is a Phoenix-based advisory firm serving behavioral-healthcare organizations across the U.S. The team pairs decades of frontline experience with a modern program-development platform — Catalyst Continuum — to help operators open new programs, pass accreditation, hire and retain clinical staff, and grow revenue. Services include HR consulting, program startup, survey readiness, curriculum, and executive coaching.
Catalyst BH Consulting (Catalyst Behavioral Health Consulting, LLC) is a Phoenix-based advisory firm dedicated to helping behavioral-health organizations build, grow, and thrive. Its two divisions — Catalyst HR and Catalyst Continuum — combine hands-on human-resources leadership with clinical-program development. The founding team brings a decade-plus of experience leading IOP, PHP, and residential programs across the country, and today serves operators in 12+ states. Catalyst's programs include fractional HR support, compensation studies, program startup packages, survey-readiness assessments, and the Catalyst Academy digital library. The company was founded on the belief that behavioral-healthcare should be run with the same operational rigor as any other essential service — without losing the humanity at the center of the work.
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James McCreary, LPC-S
James leads Catalysts clinical and operational strategy. As a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with 20+ years across behavioral-health programs, hes guided organizations through licensure, accreditation, and operational turnarounds — always keeping the front-line clinician at the center of the work.
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Jessica McCreary, SHRM-CP
Jessica architects the people systems behavioral-health organizations rely on — from talent strategy to compliant HR operations. SHRM-CP certified, she partners with growth-stage healthcare teams to build hiring, onboarding, and retention practices that scale without losing culture.
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Kristin Hale, LPC-S
Kristin translates the complexity of state, federal, and accreditor requirements into workable, everyday practice. LPC-S with deep experience guiding programs through licensure, CARF and Joint Commission surveys, and payer audits — turning compliance from a burden into a competitive advantage.
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“You cannot fix a broken program with more clinicians. You fix it with better structure, better training, and better hiring. That is our whole job.”
— Kristin Hale, Co-Founder“Ninety percent of new behavioral-health programs close within five years. Most of those failures are HR and operations failures — not clinical failures.”
— Catalyst BH Consulting research, 2026