Kaitlin Carter, MS, LPC

Kaitlin is the Assistant Director for the Virginia Tech Recovery Community, housed within Hokie Wellness. In her role, she oversees the Recovery Community and The Roost Living Learning Program (LLP). Kaitlin first joined Hokie Wellness in 2022, and she has worked in addiction treatment and recovery spaces since 2018. On campus, she works with students individually, facilitates group recovery meetings, spreads awareness and education to campus and community stakeholders to help normalize recovery on Virginia Tech’s campus. Kaitlin also serves her Hokie community as a REVIVE Trainer, Mental Health First Aid Trainer, and Recovery Ally Trainer.

Kaitlin is a proud Hokie alum, having received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Development from Virginia Tech in 2015. She furthered her education with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Radford University in 2019 and pursued state licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) by completing residency in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Her clinical work has touched a vast array of mental health needs, but her specialty areas include substance and process addiction/recovery, trauma reprocessing, and grief/loss.

Kaitlin finds immense purpose in creating healing spaces that are welcoming, safe, and integrated with lived human experience. She believes in the power of storytelling and openly identifies as a person in recovery from disordered eating and an Adult Child of Addicted Loved Ones (ACOA). In her free time, you’ll likely find her singing made-up songs to her rescue dogs, Eggsy and Jelly Donut. She also enjoys writing/creating art, worshipping with her church small-group, snowboarding with her partner, and listening to live music – which, naturally, included the Eras Tour!