Mental health counseling center delays opening

The Center for Mental Health has delayed opening its counseling office in Boulder, but its plan to open a local office is still in the works, according to Jefferson County Mental Health Local Advisory Council member Kathy Rux.

CMH Director of Substance Recovery Julie Prigmore, a licensed counselor who also sits on the local advisory council, previously told The Monitor that the office would open for counseling services at the St. Catherine’s Church parish hall on June 25. However, since then, Rux said, finalizing a lease with the church—particularly working with the Helena Diocese and a new local priest to finalize a contract—has been a slow and complex process.

“We are going to have an office in Boulder—that is a given,” Rux said, adding that the primary hurdle is finding a long-term home for the office.