Rae Kosac
Substance Use Counselor
PRONOUNS she/her
- M.S.W, University of Vermont, 2024
BIO
Rae Kosac (she/her) is a substance use counselor with the CAPS program, and her office is located on the Redstone Campus. Rae is also the coordinator for the Catamount Recovery Program on campus, which supports students in recovery from substance use, considering recovery, or seeking to shift their relationship with substances. Rae graduated from UVM with her MSW in 2024, and prior to that attended Champlain College, graduating with a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice. Rae comes to CAPS from non-profit, community-based work supporting youth and young adults in skill building through exposure and helping them grow in their independence. Rae offers a safe, nonjudgemental, shame-free space for students to consider their relationship with substances and how that factors in with their overall priorities and goals, her practice is relational, person-centered, and strengths- based. Rae uses a blend of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral, and solutions-focused techniques to empower those she is working with in making the changes they desire for themselves.
Outside of work, Rae enjoys to spend time outside with her 2 dogs, play volleyball, kayak, and is an avid crafter/practitioner of the fiber arts.
Bio
Rae Kosac (she/her) is a substance use counselor with the CAPS program, and her office is located on the Redstone Campus. Rae is also the coordinator for the Catamount Recovery Program on campus, which supports students in recovery from substance use, considering recovery, or seeking to shift their relationship with substances. Rae graduated from UVM with her MSW in 2024, and prior to that attended Champlain College, graduating with a double major in Psychology and Criminal Justice. Rae comes to CAPS from non-profit, community-based work supporting youth and young adults in skill building through exposure and helping them grow in their independence. Rae offers a safe, nonjudgemental, shame-free space for students to consider their relationship with substances and how that factors in with their overall priorities and goals, her practice is relational, person-centered, and strengths- based. Rae uses a blend of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral, and solutions-focused techniques to empower those she is working with in making the changes they desire for themselves.
Outside of work, Rae enjoys to spend time outside with her 2 dogs, play volleyball, kayak, and is an avid crafter/practitioner of the fiber arts.