About
About Camelot of Staten Island Inc
Camelot of Staten Island, doing business as Camelot Counseling, has served the Staten Island recovery community as a multi-program substance use treatment agency. The Wilson Residential program at 460 Brielle Avenue is the agency’s primary residential treatment site, complemented by Kuffner Residential at 273 Heberton Avenue and outpatient services at additional Staten Island locations. President and CEO Luke J. Nasta, MPA, CASAC, leads an organization built around the philosophy that recovery requires personal insight, growth, and behavioral change—not just symptom suppression.
Residential programming at Wilson and Kuffner combines individual and group counseling, mental health services, chemical dependence treatment, relapse prevention, anger management, and Medication-Assisted Therapy. Health seminars, safe-sex education, and tobacco dependence services round out a model that addresses the full constellation of behavioral health needs that often accompany substance use disorders. Recreational activities support engagement and community building among residents, an underrated factor in long-term retention.
The agency’s professional staff includes Credentialed Counselors, Child Development Specialists, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, Registered Nurses, and Certified Recovery Peer Advocates. This interdisciplinary mix allows Camelot to serve a broad clientele: adults, adolescents, and families affected by drug or alcohol use. Family Services help loved ones navigate the impact of addiction, and Ambulatory Withdrawal Services provide medically supervised detox support for patients who can manage withdrawal in an outpatient setting.
Camelot accepts Medicaid, private insurance, state insurance, sliding-scale self-pay, and financial assistance—a payment mix that reflects its mission as a community recovery resource rather than a private-pay luxury facility. NY OASAS licensure ensures adherence to state addiction services standards, and the agency’s affiliations and four decades of Staten Island operation give it deep ties to the borough’s courts, schools, healthcare providers, and faith communities.
- Operating since 1971 with five decades of medical detox and withdrawal management experience
- Ambulatory withdrawal protocols with medication assisted therapy for supervised detox
- Comprehensive levels of care from medical detox through residential to outpatient programs
- Extended operating hours Monday-Friday 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM for treatment access
- Specialized programming for co-occurring disorders, trauma/PTSD, and dual diagnosis conditions