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Clarity Couples and Family Clinic
The Clarity Couples and Family Clinic provides high‑quality, relationally‑focused therapy at a reduced cost. Many couples and families wait to seek support because therapy can be expensive, and relationships can feel like something we’re supposed to figure out on our own. But connection, repair, and communication skills are things we learn. When support is accessible, change becomes more possible.
The Clarity Couples and Family Clinic was created to reduce financial barriers to care, while still offering thoughtful, relational, evidence-informed therapy.
The Clarity Couples and Family Clinic was created to reduce financial barriers to care, while still offering thoughtful, relational, evidence-informed therapy.
About Clarity Couples and Family Therapy Clinic
Clinicians in training our Couples and Family Clinic include graduate trainees and limited license clinicians both who work under close supervision from licensed therapists. All supervising clinicians specialize in couples and family systems allowing clients to get the support of both the clinician they work with and the expertise of a the therapist. This model allows us to offer meaningful, evidence‑based care at a rate that is more accessible. Therapy is collaborative and strength‑based. We focus on communication, emotional connection, patterns of interaction, and tools for navigating conflict.
Who We Serve
We work with individuals, children/adolescents, couples and families who are experiencing difficulties. While our focus is on couples and families, we also serve individuals. Couples we serve include those experiencing communication challenges, conflict, or distance, difficulties with parenting, or repeat conflicts they cannot resolve. Families we serve include those navigating stress, transitions, recurring patterns or experiencing difficulties with parenting a child or children in their family. We additional serve individuals who want to make a change in their life and feel stuck and are seeking affordable therapy.
You do not need to be in crisis to benefit. Many come to therapy simply to improve understanding, closeness, or emotional safety.
You do not need to be in crisis to benefit. Many come to therapy simply to improve understanding, closeness, or emotional safety.
What to Expect
1. Initial Intake (15 minutes, free): A clinic staff will learn about your goals and match you with the individual that is best fit to meet your needs.
2. Intake Session: This is when the rapport with your clinician will begin and the barriers you are experiencing are better understand to make a plan with you to move forward. Clinic staff willwork to understand relationship history, strengths, stuck points, and shared goals.
3. Ongoing Therapy: A frequency of going sessions will be recommended with focus on communication, emotional attunement, repairing cycles, and practicing new patterns with support. Most clients attend weekly or every other week.
2. Intake Session: This is when the rapport with your clinician will begin and the barriers you are experiencing are better understand to make a plan with you to move forward. Clinic staff willwork to understand relationship history, strengths, stuck points, and shared goals.
3. Ongoing Therapy: A frequency of going sessions will be recommended with focus on communication, emotional attunement, repairing cycles, and practicing new patterns with support. Most clients attend weekly or every other week.
Our Approach
All trainees and limited license clinicians are offered ongoing training in relational and systemic models to supplement the skills of their Masters Education. This allows you to trust that the support you receive will help you with your goals for change. Interventions include Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Solution Focused approaches, Attachment‑based couples work, Family Systems theory, Gottman‑informed communication strategies and Imago. Each trainee or clinician receives supervision 1 - 5 hours weekly to ensure thoughtful, ethical, and supportive care.
Services Offered:
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy, which can include just two family members
Mediation Services for disputes
Court Reports, as needed
Fees & Accessibility:
$25–$100 per session, based on the skills of the clinician you are matched with. If you cannot afford ongoing sessions at $25 a session, fees can be further reduced on special request. Sessions are offered in person at our downtown location as well as in tele-health.
Who Will I Work With?
You’ll be matched with a graduate‑level therapist in training or a limited license therapist who is offering services on a sliding scale. Graduate Level Clinicians are recently completing a master’s program in counseling, social work, or marriage & family therapy and offer clinic services for 8 - 12 months. Our clinic has partnerships with Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University,, Grand Valley University or other local programs. Trainees are specially interviewed and selected to provide services at our clinic based on previous professional experiences, their ability to provide safe and therapeutic services and skills they already have as well as the practice they wish to continue to offer the public once obtaining their licensure. Our clinicians are warm, collaborative, and committed to helping relationships strengthen and repair.
This Clinic Works Well For You If:
✅ You want support improving communication and connection Are open to learning new relational skills
✅ Prefer a lower‑cost therapy option
✅ Are comfortable working with a therapist in training or who is building their skills in couples and family interventions.
This clinic may not be the best fit if you are experiencing: Ongoing intimate partner violence or coercion and want couples therapy to address the abuse, active addiction that you are not willing to treat or are in an immediate safety crisis. If you desire individual therapy to address ongoing abuse in relationships we may be able to support you in this way. If these are concerns, we can help refer to appropriate resources. No walk-in services.
Services Offered:
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy, which can include just two family members
Mediation Services for disputes
Court Reports, as needed
Fees & Accessibility:
$25–$100 per session, based on the skills of the clinician you are matched with. If you cannot afford ongoing sessions at $25 a session, fees can be further reduced on special request. Sessions are offered in person at our downtown location as well as in tele-health.
Who Will I Work With?
You’ll be matched with a graduate‑level therapist in training or a limited license therapist who is offering services on a sliding scale. Graduate Level Clinicians are recently completing a master’s program in counseling, social work, or marriage & family therapy and offer clinic services for 8 - 12 months. Our clinic has partnerships with Western Michigan University, Central Michigan University,, Grand Valley University or other local programs. Trainees are specially interviewed and selected to provide services at our clinic based on previous professional experiences, their ability to provide safe and therapeutic services and skills they already have as well as the practice they wish to continue to offer the public once obtaining their licensure. Our clinicians are warm, collaborative, and committed to helping relationships strengthen and repair.
This Clinic Works Well For You If:
✅ You want support improving communication and connection Are open to learning new relational skills
✅ Prefer a lower‑cost therapy option
✅ Are comfortable working with a therapist in training or who is building their skills in couples and family interventions.
This clinic may not be the best fit if you are experiencing: Ongoing intimate partner violence or coercion and want couples therapy to address the abuse, active addiction that you are not willing to treat or are in an immediate safety crisis. If you desire individual therapy to address ongoing abuse in relationships we may be able to support you in this way. If these are concerns, we can help refer to appropriate resources. No walk-in services.
How to Get Started
Step 1: Reach out to schedule an initial consultation. You will be contacted back by the Clinic Supervisor or a clinic staff. A 15 minute virtual intake consultation will be scheduled to learn more about your goals.
Step 2: At the 15 minute virtual intake session you will share about your reason for seeking therapy at this time and intake staff will connect you to the appropriate trainee or clinician to move forward.
Step 3: You will be sent a link to complete the intake forms to commence services with the request to complete at least 24 hours before your first session.
Step 4: An intake session will occur to start services.
Clinic Supervisor: Miranda Ward, LMFT
Step 1: Reach out to schedule an initial consultation. You will be contacted back by the Clinic Supervisor or a clinic staff. A 15 minute virtual intake consultation will be scheduled to learn more about your goals.
Step 2: At the 15 minute virtual intake session you will share about your reason for seeking therapy at this time and intake staff will connect you to the appropriate trainee or clinician to move forward.
Step 3: You will be sent a link to complete the intake forms to commence services with the request to complete at least 24 hours before your first session.
Step 4: An intake session will occur to start services.
Clinic Supervisor: Miranda Ward, LMFT