Katie Quick

Katie Quick, MA, LPC (she/her) is a licensed therapist, educator, national speaker, social-emotional learning (SEL) expert, queer dating coach, and award-winning singer/songwriter. With over 20 years of experience in education, healing and personal transformation, Katie is known for her ability to blend clinical insight, lived experience, and creativity to inspire deep healing, authentic connection, and emotionally safe communities.

Katie holds a Master’s in Counseling from Northwestern University and spent the early part of her career as a classroom teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, where she saw firsthand the emotional and social challenges students face daily. This inspired her to create the Fingertips Program — a trauma-informed SEL assembly that empowers young people to regulate their emotions, build resilience, and grow in self-awareness. What began as a motivational live concert experience evolved into the Five Fingertips, a full-service SEL and personal growth company that has reached nearly half a million students and educators nationwide.

As a curriculum designer and educational SEL and culture consultant, Katie has helped rewire outdated systems by integrating social-emotional learning, restorative and trauma-informed practices, and authenticity into classrooms, leadership development, and professional training. Her work is grounded in a belief that emotional wellness is not a luxury — it's foundational to learning, connection, and human potential. She is about supporting visionary educators with nervous system regulation, inner child work, healing-centered professional development to help them decrease burnout and increase their capacity to create change in urban schools. 

Katie is also the founder of the Queer Love Method™, a powerful proprietary curriculum that helps LGBTQ+ individuals break free from toxic relationship patterns, heal their inner child, and call in the conscious, healthy love they deserve. Her coaching and programs have guided hundreds of queer folks toward radical self-love, authentic relationships, and spiritual alignment.

Her work has been featured on major media outlets including ABC’s Katie Couric Show, where music mogul Clive Davis praised her live on national television: “You radiate. You’re a natural performer, and I applaud what you’re doing.” As an independent artist, Katie has released multiple award-winning albums, performed on Broadway in Rock of Ages, and received national songwriting honors including from The John Lennon Songwriting Contest and the Independent Music Awards.

Katie is on a mission to change the world by empowering marginalized communities with the social-emotional tools, resources, healing and support they need to live their most authentic and empowered lives.