Providing Compassionate, Culturally Responsive Care for Individuals, Couples, and Families

Every person brings a unique story to therapy. Our identities, relationships, families, cultures, communities, lived experiences, values, and beliefs all shape how we experience the world, navigate challenges, and define wellness.

At I AM MOORE, LLC, we believe effective therapy begins with understanding the whole person. We are committed to providing culturally responsive, inclusive, and affirming care that recognizes the many experiences that influence emotional, relational, and mental well-being.

We understand that finding the right therapist is about more than credentials or specialties. It is about finding someone who is committed to listening, understanding your unique experiences, respecting your values, and creating an environment where you feel seen, heard, and supported.

Whether you are seeking therapy as an individual, couple, or family, our goal is to provide care that is thoughtful, collaborative, and responsive to your unique story.

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Our Experience Includes

We welcome and work with individuals, couples, and families from many different backgrounds, identities, and life experiences, including:
 

• 🌍 Diverse Cultural & Multicultural Experiences                
  
• 🤝 Interracial & Intercultural Relationships
  
• 🖤 Black Mental Health & Relationships                              
  
• 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Individuals, Couples & Families
  
• 🙏 Faith, Spirituality, & Religious Identity                             
  
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Blended & Evolving Family Systems
  
• ♿ Disability & Chronic Health Experiences                        
  
• ❤️ Individuals Seeking Inclusive & Culturally Responsive Care

We recognize that every person's identity is shaped by multiple experiences, communities, and relationships. Our goal is not to define those experiences for you, but to understand how they may influence your life, while providing care that is respectful, collaborative, and individualized.

Clients Commonly Seek Support For

• Identity development and self-discovery
• Cultural identity and belonging
• Racial stress, discrimination, and oppression
• Microaggressions and microinvalidations
• Lack of psychological and emotional safety
• Workplace inclusion and organizational culture
• Interracial and intercultural relationship concerns
• Family cultural differences
• Parenting across cultures and generations
• Navigating cultural differences within blended and evolving families
• Immigration, acculturation, and cultural adjustment
• Minority stress
• Faith, spirituality, and religious identity
• LGBTQ+ identity and relationships
• Social, cultural, and community stressors
• Generational trauma

Creating a Space Where You Can Be Yourself

Beginning therapy can feel vulnerable, particularly if you have previously felt misunderstood, judged, or overlooked because of your identity, culture, family background, beliefs, or life experiences.

Our goal is to create a therapeutic relationship where you can bring your authentic self into the conversation without feeling that you need to educate, explain, or minimize your experiences. We approach every therapeutic relationship with curiosity, cultural humility, respect, and a genuine desire to understand what matters most to you.
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We believe meaningful therapy is built upon trust, collaboration, and authentic human connection.

Our Approach

Culture influences every aspect of our lives. It shapes our identities, relationships, communication styles, family traditions, beliefs, values, expectations, and the ways we understand mental health, healing, and wellness.

At I AM MOORE, LLC, we believe culture extends beyond race and ethnicity. Family experiences, faith, military service, professional communities, higher education, organizational environments, socioeconomic experiences, community influences, and other aspects of identity all shape how people experience the world and relate to others.
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Our approach is collaborative, strengths-based, culturally responsive, and grounded in systemic thinking. Rather than making assumptions about your experiences, we seek to understand the unique cultural, relational, and environmental factors that have shaped your life. Therapy is tailored to the individual, couple, or family—not the other way around.

Meet the Therapists

Both of our therapists are committed to providing culturally responsive and inclusive care. While each brings unique professional experiences and areas of expertise, we share a common commitment to creating a welcoming environment where individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds feel respected, valued, and supported.

Darren D. Moore, PhD, MPH, MAEd, LMFT

Dr. Moore's clinical, teaching, research, and scholarly work has focused on the health, mental health, relational wellness, and overall well-being of individuals, couples, families, and communities. His work is informed by systemic thinking, cultural humility, and an understanding that mental health is influenced by the broader social, relational, cultural, and environmental systems in which people live.
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His professional interests include Black mental health, men's mental health, fatherhood, couples and family relationships, military populations, higher education, health equity, and reducing disparities in mental health care. He is committed to creating an environment where clients feel respected, understood, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process.

Dr. Moore may be a good fit if you are seeking support for:

• Inclusive and culturally responsive therapy
• Racial & Ethnic Minority Stress
• Black Couples & Relationship Challenges
• Interfaith & Intercultural couples
• Co-parenting from different backgrounds
• Men's mental health and Masculinities
• Race/Culture/Gender &Workplace Stress
• Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Higher Education Spaces
• Sexuality & Intimacy
• LGBTQ+
• Chronic Health Conditions & Disabilities
• Military Culture
• Pastoral Leaders
• Church Hurt​

Licensed to provide telehealth services in:

• Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Illinois, New York, and Florida

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Katie Ross, LAMFT, PMH-C, Doctoral Student

Katie provides compassionate, collaborative care for individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. She values creating a therapeutic relationship built upon trust, empathy, respect, and cultural humility while recognizing that every person's experiences are shaped by unique personal, family, cultural, and community influences.
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Her professional interests include relationships, pregnancy and postpartum mental health, anxiety, life transitions, parenting, and supporting individuals and families through meaningful periods of change.

Katie may be a good fit if you are seeking support for:

• Inclusive and culturally responsive therapy
• Anxiety and stress management
• Relationships
• Pregnancy and postpartum
• Parenting
• Life transitions
• Communication and relationship concerns
• Emotional wellness
• Family relationships
• Personal growth
• LGBTQ+
• Consensual non-monogamy
• Polyamorous relationships
• Gender transition

 
Licensed to provide telehealth services in:

• Georgia

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Ready to Take the Next Step ?

Everyone deserves access to compassionate, respectful, and culturally responsive mental health care.
We are committed to creating an environment where your experiences are valued, your voice is heard,
​ and your goals help shape the therapeutic process. When you are ready, reach out below.

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