A family psychologist by profession, Kenneth Kaye earned his A.B. and Ph.D.degrees from Harvard University, and much later an MFA from Bennington College. His early career was in academic research (developmental psychology), but in the 1980s he trained and practiced as a family therapist, and beginning about 1990 has worked exclusively on conflict resolution for owners of family firms of all sizes.
Under the name Ken Kaye, he is also the author of six books of fiction.