Islands Counseling

Marcia Barksdale has a License for Professional Counseling in Mississippi and a National Board of Counselor Certification. She is from New Orleans where she taught junior high learning-disabled students for six years before getting her Master's degree in Biblical Counseling. During her five-year private practice in Ohio, she directed eating disorder support groups and appeared on a local radio program.

David holds a master's degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Mississippi. A native of New York State, David came to Mississippi to obtain his degree in counseling and is currently practicing on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Please fill out the Client Intake Form and the Adult Form online, save as a document on the computer and email to Janell Harvey at harvey.janell@gmail.com. Please read the other paperwork. Please sign and bring in ONLY the Confirmation Page. Please bring your insurance card with you to the office so that we may obtain a copy for our records.

This is a place of healing and hope locally available to the people of the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Focus Adolescent Services provides family resources for people in Mississippi including hotlines, support and recommended reading. National Alliance on Mental Illness gives definitions of all types of mental illnesses.

This is a pro recovery site with lots of information and support. This Biblically based website provides articles, resources and information to aid those who deal with eating disorders of anorexia and bulimia. It also addresses the underlying roots such as perfectionism. MyEdHelp offers a wide variety of articles on a broad range of topics to help you along your way to recovery.