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 30 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 one adult son in Tennessee, and one in heaven, and two daughters-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.
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 Union University 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 Union University 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, MS, Counselor
Phone: 731.661.5284
E-mail: lmwalden@uu.edu
Lydia provides 8 hours per week of counseling services. Lydia has a master's degree in mental health counseling from the University of Memphis and is a UU alumna with an undergraduate degree in psychology. She is currently working towards licensure as a counselor. 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.
Johnjalyn Bond-Faulker, Counseling Intern
Office: Office: PAC-F 19E
Phone: 731.661.5284
E-mail: jfaulkner@uu.edu
Johnjalyn (JJ) Bond-Faulkner is our counseling intern. She was born and raised in Jackson, TN, and is honored to be interning at Union University for the fall semester of 2025. She is a proud 2016 graduate of Union, where she earned her bachelor's degree in organizational leadership with a focus in Healthcare Management. Currently, she is pursuing a master's degree in counseling with a concentration in Mental Health at Colorado Christian University. While she may not know exactly what the future holds, in her career field, she trusts fully in God's plan for her life. Johnjalyn finds it a true joy to serve her Alma Mater, and she looks forward with great expectation to this semester, believing that God is going to do mighty things.
Meet Our Facilty/Therapy Dogs
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.
Izzy
Born on January 7th, 2021, in Dayton, Tennessee, Izzy has called the Jackson area home since she was just eight weeks old. With a heart as big as her personality, Izzy adores people of all ages and is always thrilled to make new friends.
Izzy is a certified therapy dog through the Alliance of Therapy Dogs and proudly serves as a member of the Maggie and Friends Dog Therapy Group. Whether she's visiting schools, hospitals, or community events, Izzy brings comfort, joy, and plenty of tail wags wherever she goes.
Outside of her therapy work, Izzy enjoys traveling, napping, snuggling, and playing with her dog siblings. She especially loves spending quality time with humans - her favorite companions.
Izzy's mom, Jennifer, is also a proud Union University alumna, having graduated in December 2013.
Millie
MILLIE (Highlander Waltzing Matilda) is a Landseer Newfoundland dog born in Seymour, Missouri on November 8th, 2022. She earned her AKC Canine Good Citizen title on her 2nd birthday and is now actively working toward her official Therapy Dog title which she should earn very soon. The American Kennel Club requires 50 pet therapy visits to receive that title! Millie was certified as a pet therapy dog through ATD (Alliance of Therapy Dogs) in December of 2024 and started going on visits in January of 2025. She is building quite the resume' with visits to schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc. One of her favorite places to visit is the STAR Center where Millie works with kids to develop their reading skills. Millie, like most Newfoundlands, loves water and swimming! In her free time, she enjoys relaxing in the pool. She also loves playing on the farm with all the other animals including 2 other Newfoundland dogs in the family (her father and grandfather). Millie loves people of all ages and is having the best time doing pet therapy work! She is always ready to go when she sees her red therapy dog vest, so she will hopefully have a very long career bringing joy and love to everyone she meets.