We care about your mental health and we can help when you need us.
Whatever the mental health concern and whatever the age, Health Solutions West is here for you and your family with a full-range of evidence-based, effective mental health and addiction services. We are the largest provider of mental health care services on the western slope.
1 in every 4 people experiences mental health and/or addiction challenges and many wrestle with both. From the Eisenhower Tunnel to the Utah border across our 10-county area, you can find outpatient therapy and counseling at numerous convenient Health Solutions West locations. Mental health and addiction are sensitive subjects, and we encourage you to learn more about the help available. It’s okay to reach out to us with any questions you may have.
We treat a large scope of behavioral health care needs, from prevention services like Mental Health First Aid courses and our Positive Psychology/Resiliency program, to outpatient services and in-community services like school-based mental health initiatives.
The Health Solutions West Story
As we approach our 50th anniversary of serving the western Colorado communities with therapy and counseling, Health Solutions West (formerly known as Mind Springs Health) reflects on its origins. Established in 1972 as the not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation ‘Colorado West,’ the organization was founded in response to a series of suicides in Grand County, which prompted local mental health practitioners to unite and address the urgent need for mental health support.
In the ’80s and ’90s, the organization service area grew to 13 offices and provided services to 10 counties across 23,000 square miles of Northwestern Colorado. The ’00s were not particularly kind to the Colorado West Regional Mental Health network, which struggled to find stability in clinical, operational and fiscal areas. Yet in 2005, when all existing western slope psychiatric units were closing, Mind Springs Health stepped up and established the only psychiatric hospital between Denver and Salt Lake City – the original 32-bed West Springs Hospital. A few years later in 2008, longtime Executive Director Ken Stein, who had overseen much of the organization’s expansion, retired. Shortly thereafter, enter Sharon Raggio LPC LMFT. As CEO & President of Mind Springs Health & West Springs Hospital, Sharon engineered an organizational turnaround and has been the architect of many of our successes since.
To better reflect significant and positive changes, Colorado West rebranded as Mind Springs Health in 2013. In 2025, Mind Springs Health was acquired by another Colorado mental health center and became Health Solutions West. Health Solutions West has become known as the premier choice for local mental health care, combining effective, evidence-based therapies with a philosophy that places special focus on our clients and collaboration within our local communities.
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