BJC Behavioral Health

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Hazelwood is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

No. The nearest place that does offer one is in Saint Louis, 3.5 miles away.

People dealing with past trauma are one of the 3 groups they offer a dedicated program for.

Outpatient only, and nothing within 14 miles of Florissant has beds either, so a residential stay would mean traveling further than that.

Florissant has 6 free AA meetings as well, which is not treatment but costs nothing and needs no referral.

They offer treatment in Sign language. Whether that means a counselor who speaks it or an interpreter is worth asking, and Florissant has 8 other centers to ask.

Both can be treated at once, and programs that do are described as integrated or co-occurring. Treating one and postponing the other is the pattern that sends people back for a second attempt. Ask whether both conditions are handled by one team or passed between two.

It depends on the level of care. Outpatient care is designed to fit around a job. Where a workplace runs an assistance program it usually sits outside the management chain and keeps what it is told. Keep a copy of everything you send and every date you were given.