Our Staff

LaKimala Nero

Kim comes with a wealth of knowledge in counseling & crisis intervention. She's a mother of two ages 24 and 16. 2010 graduate of Coker College with a degree in Criminology and minor Sociology. Worked in law enforcement 11 years with mental health offenders. Completed MA in Human Services Counseling from Liberty University in 2018. Career change August 2022 to pursue my passion for helping others particularly those in mental health. She currently works as a therapist at a crisis stabilization hospital. Kim's specialties are trauma, depression, anxiety, domestic violence, and adolescents. Her hobbies are traveling, cheer coaching, and reading.

Adell "Coffee" McManus-McCoy
is from Hartsville, SC and is the wife of the late Eddie D. McCoy; she has two children Aytiana McCoy and the late Rashad McCoy. She is a Hartsville High School graduate. She graduated from Florence-Darlington Technical College with an Associate's Degree in Human Services; she has a Bachelor's in Social Work from Coker College, and a Master's Degree in Community Counseling from Webster University. She enjoys serving God, family, and friends; she loves to ride motorcycles and serving others.

Adell "Coffee" McManus - McCoy

Kayeaka Bracken

Kayeaka Bracken is a Self Mental Health Therapist whom obtained her Bachelors in Science, Psychology degree in 2015 and Masters in Clinical Mental Health from Troy University in 2022. Kayeaka has worked for the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services for 9 years in case management and has experience in community referrrals. Treatment modalities include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Kayeaka specializes in ADHD, anxiety, depression, adolescents and trauma. In her leisure time she enjoys spending time with family and friends. Her hobbies include dancing, creative arts, reading and writing.

Over the past 20+ years I have had the privilege to work with diverse populations in the social services/mental health fields. I have been able to work in foster care, elderly & disabled communities, community counseling, inpatient mental health hospital & outpatient individual therapy. I started my journey in 1992 receiving my undergraduate psychology degree from Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN in 1996. I moved to Augusta in 2004 to be with family & started pursuing my master’s at Troy University in 2005. I received my degree in counseling & psychology in 2008. The treatment modality I mainly use is CBT & also have experience in using DBT, solution, brief & grief therapy skills to address depression, anxiety, TSD, self-esteem, family/couple issues & other traumas. I’m currently completing a certification in counseling military families through Troy University as I continue to work toward licensure for professional counseling. I enjoy reading, traveling, spending time with family & working in several ministries in my local church.

Jaime Penn

Tiffany Love

Tiffany Love offers her expertise to the field of mental health in an array of capacities. Currently completing masters in clinical mental health. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Paine College in 2009. From there, she served as a Social Services Director (for more than 10 years) for a major Post Acute Care Company where the patients' needs where set in place and best practices of high-quality care were delivered with love and professionalism.

In 2015, she and her husband embarked on a new journey, when her daughter was “deemed” special needs. In this, in 2024, Tiffany completed her training to obtain her Teaching Certification specifically in Special Education to properly prepare for the needs that of her daughter. She also, received certification in American Sign Language, Dyslexia and Behavior Analysis and Management. She has taught in the local school district for the past 5 years.

In June of 2023, Tiffany received extensive training as a counselor for a Christian-based residential program from young men ages 16 and over. The program assists at-risk young men heal & mature emotionally, academically, spiritually and vocationally working closely with The Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS) and The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).