Dr. Jeffrey Moore is a clinical researcher and licensed professional counselor supervisor based in Birmingham, Alabama.
Dr. Moore currently serves as the mental health services director for the Jefferson County School System. Dr. Moore owns and operates J. R. Moore & Associates, a full-scale community counseling and psychological service agency in the Birmingham metropolitan area that has served the local underserved population for 19 years. Since 2014, his agency has provided full-scale psychological services to more than 2,500 students on Miles College campus. He holds the distinction of being a nationally certified counselor (NCC) and nationally approved clinical supervisor (ACS) with more than 20 years of training and experience working with children and adolescents providing individual and family counseling. In addition to being nationally certified, he is also a Board Certified Tele-Mental Health Provider (BC-TMH) where he currently owns and operates one of the first-ever tele-mental health clinics in the area. Dr. Moore also serves as an adjunct professor in several departments throughout UAB which includes the School of Education’s Counselor Education Program, Department of Psychology, and The African American Studies Program where he instructs and trains masters and undergraduate level students. Dr. Moore has authored several published journal articles on adolescent risk behaviors and their impact on mental health. As an esteemed businessman with ownership in several entrepreneurial businesses throughout the southeast, Dr. Moore has been able to continuously mentor numerous counselors in training and many professionals pursuing licensure where he readily shares his insight and knowledge with anyone interested in establishing their own private practice.
As a respected community entrepreneur and mental health provider, Dr. Moore leveraged his community influence to co-create the Brother Let’s Talk™ platform in 2017. The platform offers the opportunity for males to talk about their life stressors in judgment-free zones unique to their environment and within their community. Passionate about changing the stigma surrounding mental health issues and therapy which often prevents men from taking the step of seeing a therapist, Moore aims to alleviate the process of seeking relief for mental health-related issues within the Black community, by fostering a safe space to present mental health topics to Black men in a digestible way. You can reach him at jrmooreassociates@gmail.com.