Patricia Kiely has a Masters of Clinical Psychology and a Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. She is the Senior Manager, Psychology at Marist Youth Centre and has a private clinical psychology practice at Eastwood.

She has extensive experience (over 38 years) working with children and families, adults and couples and also groups. She has developed and delivered professional training and provided clinical supervision for many years. She introduced Family Group Conferencing (FGC) in NSW in 1996 and has developed and delivers and accredited training course in FGC facilitation.