counselors
Most of the time when we are upset or overwhelmed we can lean on a friend or family member but sometimes our problems become more complicated and we need the help of a professional. It is our prayer that one of our competent and caring Christian counselors will help you find your way back to hope, healing and joy.
Barbara Donnadieu
Barbara Donnadieu received her Master’s Degree and PhD in Psychology at the University for Humanistic Studies in San Diego, California. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Redlands. She was a licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Counselor (MFCC) in her private practice in San Diego. Since moving to Florida, she has provided counseling services for the Gulf Breeze Methodist Church.
Barbara’s experience includes counseling with adults, couples, adolescents, and children in private practice and community service agencies, including the YWCA Battered Women’s Services and the Hanbleceya Therapeutic Community for adults suffering from serious psychological disorders. Her specializations include assisting with: relationship healing and enhancing; parenting/step-parenting issues; strengthening coping skills and self-esteem; as well as depression, anxiety, and grief issues. She believes that individuals and couples often lose touch with their God-given strength and wisdom and that counseling can help them re-establish that connection. Barbara has great respect for the human spirit, and yearns for each of us to grow personally and to reach our full potential.
Barbara grew up as a nomadic military “brat”, which triggered her fascination with travel and other cultures. She and her husband, Don, are members of Gulf Breeze Methodist Church. They have four grown children and five grandchildren. Somewhere along the line, the boundaries between their biological children and their stepchildren blurred such that they are one cohesive family, embracing and loving all equally.
Peg Nickelsen
Peg Nickelsen's approach to individulal/couples/family counseling is holistic. Her background is diversified as she has worked with clients with varying cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and therapeutic issues in environments ranging from health care to prisons. As a congnitive behavioralist, she enjoys being totally with the client as issues are addressed, goals developed, and new patterns of throught and behavior are learned.
Her educational background includes studying at Loyola University in Chicago, and Troy State University and the University of West Florida here locally. She holds two masters degrees and is a licensed mental health counselor.
Originally from inner city Chicago, Peg has spent more than half her life in Pensacola. Her husband, Eric is a sixth generation Pensacolaian. She and her husband, Eric are members of the Cathedral of Sacred Heart. Their family includes two sons and a daughter, in-laws and grandchildren and as a family they enjoy traveling and sports, especially college football.
Peg is guided by a desire to serve others in particular, the less fortunate. As a pro bono therapist, she works primarly with incarcerated women through WRAP (women's re-entry assistance program.)