BLACK PROFESSIONAL WOMEN ARE LIVING IN A WORLD THAT WAS
NOT DESIGNED FOR OUR WELLNESS.
I’m Dr. Cecily Moore, Ph.D., LPC-MHSP, LMHC offering online therapy in Memphis, Tennessee, and all across Tennessee and Florida. I help Strong Black women unlearn the weight of “being the strong one” so they can create lives rooted in rest, wellness, and joy.
Through counseling, supervision, and transformative teaching, I create safe, purpose-driven spaces where Black women can heal, recover, and redefine what wellness looks like—for themselves and the generations after them.
My work is simple but radical: when Black women are well, the world is better.
(the patriarchy, of course)
You didn’t land here by accident. If you’re reading this, it’s because strength has stopped working as a survival strategy.
The Strong Black Woman stereotype has cost you your health, your joy, and your peace of mind—and now you’re ready for something different.
When we work together, you can expect a space that’s both practical and life changing. As a Black female therapist and counselor educator, I understand firsthand the weight that Black women professionals—especially healers, helpers, hope dealers, and educators—carry. My role is to help you put some of that weight down.
Our work is not about coping harder or pushing through. It’s about unlearning, recovering, and redefining what wellness looks like for you. Therapy with me means:
A safe, affirming space where you don’t have to perform strength to belong.
Practical tools for navigating burnout in helping professions without losing yourself in the process.
Humor and joy as medicine—because healing doesn’t always have to feel heavy.
A clear path toward becoming a recovering Strong Black woman, where rest, reciprocity, and relief are non-negotiable.
And here’s the truth: you don’t need another therapist telling you to “do more self-care” or “set better boundaries.” You deserve more than surface fixes. You deserve a space to unlearn the lies that told you your worth was in your work, in your loyalty, or in always being the strong one.
For healers, helpers, hope dealers, and educators, this work is about more than recovery—it’s about reclaiming yourself, your rest, and your joy. Because when you’re well, the world you serve benefits from your wellness, too.
I’m here to help you unlearn that shit.
What It’s Like to Work With Me
I work with clients who are ready to stop being “the strong one” and start becoming the well one. My clients are often Black women professionals—counselors, educators, helpers, healers, and hope dealers— who are tired of holding it all together while slowly falling apart inside. They’re ready for a different way of living—one that feels aligned, sustainable, and rooted in rest.
My Philosophy
Unlearning as the intervention. Coping skills are not enough. We go deeper, naming and dismantling the narratives that taught you strength was survival.
Rest is the Foundation. I believe rest is not optional—it’s the foundation of healing and recovery.
Humor and joy as medicine. Laughter, joy, and even a little irreverence are not distractions from the work—they are the work.
What You Can Expect
Working with me is not about quick fixes or surface-level “self-care tips.” Instead, you can expect:
A safe, liberating space where you don’t have to perform strength to be taken seriously.
Practical tools to help you step out of survival mode and into a life that feels like yours again.
A process that honors your pace—whether you need to slow down, grieve, or rebuild.
Accountability with compassion. I’ll challenge the beliefs that keep you stuck, but always with care and respect for your lived experience.
My Process
Reappropriate: We uncover what you’ve been carrying that was never yours in the first place.
Redefine: We reshape beliefs about work, worth, and (identities) wellness that no longer serve you.
Recover: We rebuild your life with rest, reciprocity, and relief at the center.
Who I work best with
I work best with Black women helping professionals who know something has to change. My clients are often at a crossroads—burned out, overworked, or considering walking away from that man, that job, and anything else threatening their peace. If you’ve ever whispered to yourself “I can’t keep doing this,” this work is for you.
Am I the right therapist for you?
Healing Hits Different When Your Therapist Understands the Cost of Being ‘the Strong One.’
Healing Hits Different When Your Therapist Understands the Cost of Being ‘The Strong One.’
You’ve read self-help books, listened to podcasts, maybe even tried therapy before—but it all felt surface-level. You don’t need another list of coping skills. You need a therapist who understands the Strong Black Woman stereotype and how it has shaped your life, your work, and your wellness.
You could keep trying to push through on your own, numbing with work or waiting for the next vacation to save you. But those things only buy temporary relief. Most therapists can help with burnout or stress—but not all of them understand the weight of being “the strong one” in every room. My work isn’t just about treating symptoms—it’s about unlearning, deconditioning, deprogramming and dismantling the narratives that have kept you in cycles of overwork and functional depression. .
I love trap music
I put my Christmas tree up in October
I want to perform at an amateur night comedy club
I’m uniquely equipped to serve Black women professionals—counselors, educators, helpers, healers, and hope dealers— because I live and work at the intersection of both identities. As a Black female therapist, counselor educator, supervisor, and researcher, I know the weight of carrying it all while the world expects you to perform strength without pause. My own lived experience with burnout, motherhood, and navigating toxic work environments fuels my commitment to creating spaces where Black women can recover, rest, and reimagine their lives.
With over a decade of clinical experience, a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision, and specialized training in EMDR, Womanist supervision, and rest-centered counseling practices, I bring both professional expertise and lived experience to this work. This isn’t just something I’ve studied on the surface—I wrote my dissertation on the Strong Black Woman narrative. That means every tool, framework, and session with me is rooted in years of research, reflection, and practice.
Clients describe me as rooted and real. I’m not the kind of therapist who hides behind clinical jargon or keeps the work detached. I believe that the personal is political, and I listen closely—not just to what you say, but to what’s left unspoken. I tell the truth with compassion, and I use humor and joy as much as I use research and frameworks. My clients know they can bring their whole selves into the room—with no masks, no judgment, and no pressure to perform.
My clients trust me because I get it. But more importantly, I help them learn to trust themselves again. I’ve sat where they sit—exhausted, burned out, overextended—and I’ve also done the deep work of unlearning those survival patterns. Pair that lived experience with over a decade of clinical training, teaching, and supervision, and clients feel both seen and supported. They know I’m not only skilled at what I do, but that I’m fully invested in their recovery.