Katie Slack received her BS in Psychology from Guilford College in North Carolina and her Master of Social Work degree from San Diego State University. Ms. Slack is an Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) Certified Crisis Intervention Counselor. In addition, Ms. Slack is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

Her work history includes over ten years of experience in the Social Services field. Ms. Slack has presented on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault to over 300 audiences encompassing more than 4,500 people. Ms. Slack has also worked as a counselor providing individual, family, and child therapy with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, child witnesses of domestic violence, and adults molested as children.

Ms Slack specializes in the use of Motivational Interviewing with survivors of Domestic Violence, and conducted one of the first known research projects on this topic. She is currently the Research Coordinator on a project using Motivational Interviewing with survivors of Domestic Violence who have an open Child Welfare Services case. Ms. Slack currently provides training and consultation to agencies on the use of Motivational Interviewing with Domestic Violence survivors, as well as on designing trauma-informed service systems that integrate Motivational Interviewing practices.