Marion Moody

About Me

After leaving university in 1990, I went into teaching languages. Colleagues and management would always tell me that my biggest strength was to be able to tune in easily to people and intuit what was needed both by individuals and groups.  I gradually felt more and more called to use this skill more intentionally, which led me to qualifying first in holistic massage, then going on to complete my Post Graduate Diploma  in Counselling in 2004. The counselling then took on more  and more of a life of its own until in 2022 I felt able to leave my position as an NHS counsellor and psychological therapist, to pursue a full time private practice. 

Counselling and embodied therapy have felt like my calling for a long time.  Earlier in my life,  I struggled with my own mental health, especially with anxiety. Determined to address my problems without medication and to avoid going through the psychiatric system, I succeeded using mainly talking therapy and embodied approaches such as dance and movement, breathwork and holistic therapies. As a result of my own experiences, I have a real empathy with, and drive to help, clients experiencing similar struggles.  

Although it was my personal pathway to avoid more conventional treatments, I am happy to work with clients who do not do this  - after all,  research has shown that a combination of talking therapies and medication can be the most effective treatment pathway. Whatever single approach or combination of approaches someone feels is best for them, I consider it a privilege to be allowed to be a part of , and a  catalyst in, someone's healing journey. 

Relevant Qualifications  and Professional Registration

• Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, University of Wales, Newport, 2004

• Advanced Certificate in Indian Head Massage,  Zodiac Complementary Therapies

•  Reiki Practitioner levels 1 and 2, completed 2015

• Interpersonal Therapy for Depression (IPT), 2021

• Certificate in Embodied  Therapy - the Institute of Embodied Psychotherapy, 2022

• Certificate in Relational Couples Counselling, TherapyWorks, 2023

• Currently training in Sound Healing with the Voice,  with the College of Sound   Healing

• Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy     (MBACP Accred)

• BACP Registered Counsellor

Experience

• Counsellor in private practice since 2004

• Primary Care counsellor in GP surgeries, Cardiff and Vale UHB, 2016 - 2022

• Extensive experience of short term solution focused counselling with a number of Employee  Assistance Providers 2012 - present

Agency experience includes Counselling South Wales2007-8, Cardiff Women in Mind 2005-7, Cardiff Women's Aid 2002-4, Vale Alcohol and Drug Team 2003-4, and Age Concern in the Vale 2002-3

Areas of experience include anxiety, stress, depression, self-esteem, healing old wounds, eating disorders, substance misuse, bereavement, domestic abuse,  sexual abuse, relationship problems, and physical health issues. Anxiety is an area of special interest.

I abide by BACP’s Ethical Framework. I have a strong commitment to my own continuing personal and professional development and receive regular consultative supervision in line with my professional organisations' requirements,