CREOKS Behavioral Health Services

CREOKS Behavioral Health Services has served the Tulsa, Oklahoma community for more than 40 years as a certified outpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment provider. The center's outpatient program is designed for individuals who are building or maintaining recovery while staying connected to their everyday lives — work, family, school, and community. This model reflects the reality that long-term recovery is not lived in isolation from the world, but alongside it.

Certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, CREOKS operates within a framework of recognized state standards for substance use and behavioral health care. The center's Tulsa location at 4103 S Yale Ave Suite B is open Monday through Friday, making consistent, ongoing outpatient support accessible on a regular weekly schedule. For those navigating the ongoing stages of addiction treatment and recovery, CREOKS provides a stable, community-based resource in Tulsa County.

In addition to its outpatient program, CREOKS offers crisis stabilization services — a level of care that addresses acute behavioral health needs before they escalate further. For individuals in recovery who encounter a mental health or substance use crisis, having access to structured crisis support can be a critical factor in preventing relapse or hospitalization. CREOKS integrates this service within its broader outpatient behavioral health model, allowing for continuity of care within a familiar provider.

The center's ability to treat co-occurring conditions — including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and co-occurring mental health and intellectual or developmental disabilities alongside substance use — means that crisis stabilization at CREOKS is informed by a whole-person understanding of the client's needs. This approach to co-occurring care is particularly relevant for the recovery community, where mental health challenges and substance use frequently intersect.

CREOKS extends its recovery support beyond the outpatient clinic through programs like Hope Lodge and school-based services. These features reflect a model of care that follows people into their communities rather than asking them to adapt entirely to a clinical environment. For families evaluating a long-term recovery partner in Tulsa, the presence of school-based programming signals that CREOKS thinks about recovery across the full arc of a person's life — including for younger individuals and adolescents.

Equine therapy is among the confirmed therapeutic methods at CREOKS, offering clients an experiential form of support that complements traditional outpatient treatment. Working with horses in a structured therapeutic setting can support emotional awareness and communication skills that are meaningful in long-term recovery. For those who have found conventional therapy settings limiting, this approach offers a different kind of engagement with the recovery process.

CREOKS is one of the few outpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment providers in the Tulsa area that formally serves children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and veterans within a single organization. The clinical team reflects this breadth, with separate Clinical Directors overseeing adult services and children's services, supported by a Chief Clinical Officer at the organizational level. For families where multiple members may benefit from support, this structure means there is a consistent provider that understands different life stages.

Veterans seeking substance use treatment or behavioral health care in Tulsa will find CREOKS listed as a provider that explicitly includes this population. The center's longevity in the Tulsa community — more than four decades of operation — means it has developed experience serving the range of people who make up Oklahoma's recovery community. Reaching the center is straightforward: call (918) 382-7300 or email [email protected] to begin the conversation about outpatient recovery support.