Meet the Counseling Staff
Tamarin Huelin, MS, LPC/MHSP, ACS - Director
Office: PAC F-19C
Phone: 731.661.5923
Email: thuelin@uu.edu
Tamarin Huelin, Director of Counseling Services, has 29 years of counseling experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She grew up in North Carolina and completed her undergraduate degree in Recreation Therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tamarin went on to earn a Masters in counseling from Georgia State University in Atlanta and a diploma in Christian Counseling from the Psychological Studies Institute (now Richmont University). She practiced counseling in Atlanta, Chicago, and Indiana before coming to Union. Tamarin set up and coordinated an outpatient counseling clinic in downtown Chicago for Minirth Meier New Life (now Meier Clinics). She is recognized as a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Mental Health Service Provider designation (LPC/MHSP) by the state of Tennessee, and as an Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS). Tamarin is married and has two adult sons, and a daughter-in-law. She enjoys being a wife and mother, being a part of her church, reading, being active outdoors, art, picking produce at local farms, and canning.
Chelsy Crawford
Phone: 731.661.5284
E-mail: cjcrawford@uu.edu
Chelsy Crawford is a certified spiritual director, with training from Richmont Graduate School and the Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture at Westmont College. She graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. in History and Philosophy and then did graduate coursework in philosophy at Boston College. Chelsy worked for twelve years as a teacher and administrator in Christian K-12 schools, and she has extensive experience offering spiritual mentoring to college students, both in individual and in group settings. For five years, she lived on campus at Union with her husband Jason, their three children, and their rescue pup Bernie as part of the university's Faculty in Residence Program. She loves coming alongside college students as they navigate the joys and challenges of student life. A California native, Chelsy enjoys most things involving sunshine and water.
MaryLawson Day, LCSW
Office: PAC F-19E
Phone: 731.661.6511
E-mail: mlday@uu.edu
MaryLawson Day will be providing 8 hours a week of counseling services to Union students. She graduated from Salem College with a BA in Sociology. After college, MaryLawson was on Young Life staff (Dale House Project) before attending and graduating from the University of Tennessee with a Masters of Science in Social Work. Previous work experiences include serving as Clinical Leader for Child and Adolescent Acute Services in an inpatient psychiatric hospital, and Clinical Director at a Women's Shelter. MaryLawson worked for fifteen years in the mental health field in a variety of capacities that incorporated individual, group, and family therapies as well as program development and administration. Personally, she has volunteered in endeavors such as foreign missions, work with cancer patients, and directing a peer counseling program. She is trained and is pursing certification in EMDR. She also coaches at CrossFit Jackson and has her CrossFit Level 2 (CFL2). She is a member of the National Alliance of Social Workers in Sports (NASWIS) and the EMDR International Association (EMDRIA). She is passionate about helping others work towards physical, mental and spiritual health. In her free time, MaryLawson enjoys spending time with her husband and three children.
Josh Krebs, LPC
Office: PAC F-19C
Phone: 731.661.5923
E-mail: jkrebs@uu.edu
Josh will be providing 16 hours of counseling services per week. He has worked in counseling in outpatient settings for the last 7 years for Cumberland Heights in the field of addiction and in private practice seeing a variety of clients and demographics. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Theology from 51社区 and had planned to pastor, but God called him instead into the field of counseling. He completed his Master of Arts in Counseling at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville in 2013 and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. He practiced counseling in the Nashville area for almost five years before moving back to Jackson with his wife and kids. He now works in private practice and at Union. He remembers being a student at Union as some of the best, most sleepless, stressful, rewarding, exhausting, and spiritually strengthening years of his life. He has worked extensively with young adults dealing with addiction, identity struggles, relationship issues and pre-marital counseling. He and his wife (whom he met and married while they were students at Union) homeschool their six kids, so he doesn't really have any free time, but if he did he would spend it writing, playing flag football, or playing board games and strategy games.
Christie Polk, LCSW
Phone: 731.661.5284
E-mail: cpolk@uu.edu
Christie will be providing 24 hours of counseling services per week. She has worked in the outpatient setting for 16 years. This work includes community mental health, school liaison grants and private practice. She obtained her Bachelors of Social Work from 51社区 in 2004. After obtaining her degree, she began to work in the field of social work for 3 years with contracts for at risk youth in three counties, Katrina housing contracts in West Tennessee and as an Independent Support Coordinator for people with disabilities. She completed her Master's in Social Work with University Of Tennessee, Memphis campus in 2008 and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Christie is married with two active boys and two active labrador dogs. She enjoys watching her sons play sports, and being outside in any capacity- camping, hiking, biking and gardening. She is passionate about the Lord's desire for students to become who He has created them to be while honoring their brain and body needs.
Lydia Walden, Counseling Intern
Phone: 731.661.5284
E-mail: lmwalden@uu.edu
Lydia is an intern and provides 10 hours per week of counseling services. Lydia is a graduate student from the University of Memphis and an UU alumna. Lydia has her undergraduate degree in psychology and will soon have her master's in clinical mental health counseling. She has experience in residential treatment as well as outpatient counseling services and community agency. Lydia and her husband, Luke, can regularly be seen walking their dog, Daisy, around campus! She is passionate about student life and the unique challenges that come with being a young adult in higher education.
Meet Our Facilty/Therapy Dogs
Simon
Simon is a Standard Schnauzer who was born on 6/14/2018. He was certified as a therapy dog and had his first visit in August of 2019. Covid arrived in 2020 and he had to curtail his visits. He spent his down time earning novice titles in Obedience and Rally. He recently completed his 200th visit and earned the THDX, AKC title. While he has earned several AKC titles; BN, RN, DCAT, THDX, CGCA and TKN, his main focus is on his work as a therapy dog. He and his owner, Don, spend time visiting hospitals, cancer centers, universities, retirement, and nursing homes. He and Don find their work to be a great way to spend time together and to give back to their community.
Navi
Navi II is a Facility Dog, who graduated from Canine Companions on August 9, 2019 with 2+ years of professional training as a service dog. She is also accredited through Assistance Dogs International. Facility Dogs are purposely bred to be calm, reliable and affectionate. They are intentionally raised and expertly trained dogs that partner with a facilitator working in a professional setting.
Get To Know Navi II
- Navi's handler is Leslie Tosh
- Her birthday is 4/5/2017
- She is a Black Labrador/Golden Retriever cross
- Navi wears a blue vest to identify that she is a working facility dog
- Navi loves to meet new people, and offers a listening ear while giving lots of kisses
- She is bred to be calm, reliable and affectionate
- In her down time, she loves to play with her little brother Barkley but naps are her specialty
Oaklyn
Oaklyn was born in Georgia on October 14th, 2017. She has one blue eye and one brown eye. She is an ATD Certified Therapy Dog with Maggie & Friends Dog Therapy Group. Her Pepaw was a Math Professor for 51 years at Union. She loves camping, boat rides, long walks, running in her backyard, all her dog siblings and she loves to give and to receive love.
Gracie
Gracie is a medium Australian Labradoodle who was born at Meadow Park Labradoodles and Labradors in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2018. Bred to be a therapy dog, she began her training at 10 weeks old with Ultimate Canine Dog Trainers in Indianapolis, lasting for 3 months. Her full-time job is with Arrington Funeral Directors as a Certified Therapy Dog/Grief Counselor, working with families to assist them in reducing their stress. Gracie is certified through the American Kennel Club's Alliance of Therapy Dogs and has her Canine Good Citizenship title.One of her favorite activities is playing with balls, especially her kickball and, of course, tennis balls! She has many friends, especially at "school," also known as doggy daycare, where she goes two days a week. And she loves sleepovers with friends! She has big brown eyes and the cutest head tilt when talking to her. Gracie and her mom, Judy, volunteer in the community at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Kirkland Cancer Center, and nursing homes on a regular basis. She has many friends in the community who come by during the week just to visit and get some kisses.