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Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
​M.A. in CMH and MFT: Western Michigan University
Works with: Couples, Families
Emotionally Focused Therapy
​Accelerated Emotional
​     Psychotherapy
AAMFT Clinical Fellow
MFT Supervisor
​Focus areas: 

• Couples Therapy with PTSD, relational trauma and stuck patterns
• Couples impacted by addiction
• Blended families
• Grief and loss in couples
• ​Family Businesses
• Meaning making in conflict patterns 
• ​Changing emotion with emotion
• ​Feminist Affect Theory in Couple Repair

Format: In-person and Virtual
Insurance accepted:  ASR, Aetna, BCN, BCBS, HAP, Priority Health

Miranda Ward, LMFT works primarily with couples and families, specializing in complex relational dynamics and diverse identities. She helps clients explore the stories that shape their relationships—past and present—to better understand the meaning behind conflict. Clients consistently describe feeling safe and supported in sessions, which allows for deeper conversations, emotional insight, and meaningful growth.

Miranda primarily draws from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) through a family systems lens, integrating the science of attachment to open opportunity for repair between partners and family members. She has obtained Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, and continues to expand her expertise. Her work incorporates elements of Affect Regulation, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic interventions, and the Gottman Method. In every approach, she seeks additional training to ensure her interventions remain responsive, inclusive, and evidence-based.

Clients in Miranda’s care can expect a safe, collaborative, and emotionally attuned environment where all feelings are valid and explored with curiosity. Sessions often slow down the pace of interaction to build awareness and create space for genuine connection. Through this process, couples and families learn to transform conflict into understanding and develop new relational patterns that promote healing and closeness. Her work is particularly well-suited for clients who are emotionally aware, reflective, and motivated to engage beyond surface-level change.
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With over 18 years of experience supporting family systems, Miranda brings deep expertise. She has extensive experience with non-traditional couples and families, including those navigating addiction, trauma (PTSD/C-PTSD), intimacy concerns, blended or court-involved family systems, and partnerships across diverse gender identities. 

Currently only daytime appointments are available: scheduling into Summer 2026.

Availabilities on weekends for intensives focused on accelerated process.