The Mission
To educate, normalize and offer realistic and no-nonsense solutions for the many complexities and challenges that stepcouples, especially stepmoms, face when combining nonbiological families.
Do you ever have
Questions like this?
- What if I don’t like his kids?
- What is my role as a stepparent?
- Maybe it’s meant to be “Should I…?”
- Am I a terrible person for dreading when his kids come to stay?
- I feel torn between my children and my spouse.
- I feel that nothing I do is ever good enough for my new partner or my kids.
- How do we deal with the exes who try to interfere?
- Do I have to try to co-parent with my ex when it’s not working?
- As a stepparent, I’ve lost all sense of privacy. It feels like I live among spies.
- Just because I don’t have kids doesn’t mean I don’t have a valid opinion.
If you do, then you have
Come to the right place!
Whether you’re dating, living with, or married to someone with children (whether you have your own or not), being a part of a stepfamily can be tricky and challenging. You may be saying to yourself, “I never knew it would be this hard!” You are not alone. Trying to integrate a new family is complicated and tough for each family member. Stepfamilies are born out of loss and achieving a “blended” family is easier said than done.
Mary T. Kelly, M.A. has been working with stepfamilies for over 18 years and is devoted to helping you and your partner find the solutions that will work best for your situation.
Looking to learn more about Mary and her views on stepfamilies and relationships?
Mary is an active writer for respected outlets like The Huffington Post and Stepmom Magazine. See below for more information.
How Mary Works
Mary, an expert in the field of stepfamilies, offers solutions that are based on the latest research and over 20 years of clinical experience.
Much like when you bring your car to the repair shop when you know something isn’t right, you expect the mechanic to diagnose the problem and present the fixes necessary to get your car back and running again. Mary works in a similar fashion in that she recognizes that you are looking for answers to problems you are experiencing in your step family. Her style is direct, frank, compassionate, educational and expedient.
“Mary T. Kelly is one-of-a-kind! Real tangible information backed with factual data. After only 6 sessions, I learned more than I did going to a traditional therapist for years. Mary taught me about the guilt and shame I did not know how to “unpack”. I absolutely endorse this amazing woman and her teachings which have changed me and my family’s lives.”
“My girlfriend and I went to see Mary when we were about to break up. The research, information and solutions she shared were new to us. We realized we had been doing things all wrong. We left with plenty of tools and change happened quickly in our household.”
“For those of you who are struggling in your stepfamily or dating someone with kids, I’d like to assure you that Mary T. Kelly is an incredible step-couple therapist/coach! My husband and I had been to counseling before and it did not help. The therapist didn’t understand the different challenges we were facing in our stepfamily. Mary gave us useful tools and guidance and within a few sessions, we were on a much better path. We both believe we would be divorced if we hadn’t found Mary.”
“Mary really understands both men and women. She understands the difficult position many fathers are put in when trying to balance their kids and new relationships. Mary gets the hard role of “stepmom”. She provided my wife and I research based advice and keeps it real. We will always appreciate her empathy and support.”
“I don’t have children so it was very challenging to try to figure out what my “stepmother” role was. I worked with Mary through Skype and was relieved to find that I was normal and not a terrible person for struggling with my husband’s kids. My husband was resistant to working with Mary but finally agreed. Going to her opened our eyes and gave us many practical solutions for the problems we didn’t know how to handle. What was particularly helpful were her information about the need for boundaries.”
“Mary’s tools and information brought my partner and I so much closer together. She helped me learn how to define my role as a stepmom and released me from my guilt of struggling with my partner’s kids and his ex. She relates extremely well to both men and women. Mary offers down to earth, practical solutions based on research with a great sense of humor.”
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