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Online therapist

Cody Granda

Balanced tools for everyday challenges

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
Minnesota, Colorado
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Cody

Cody Granda is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people find balance when life feels extreme or chaotic. She listens for patterns like all-or-nothing thinking, extreme mood swings, and rule-bound behaviors. Cody aims to help clients notice how thoughts and habits affect relationships and daily peace, and to build choices that feel authentic and manageable.

Cody uses practical tools to reduce stress and improve self-regard. She emphasizes small, doable changes that add up over time.

Background and approach

She also helps people notice strengths, practice gratitude, and bring more ease and hope into day-to-day life. Her clinical background includes training in evidence-based methods that address mood, emotion regulation, and eating-related concerns. Cody draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach grounding, coping, and ways to interrupt unhelpful patterns.

She blends skill teaching with supportive feedback so people can try new responses in real life. Cody holds a Master’s degree in Human Service with a specialization in marriage, couples, and family counseling from Capella University. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Colorado LMFT 1345 and Minnesota LMFT 2455.

Her practice history includes work across outpatient and higher levels of care focused on eating and dual-diagnosis concerns. Sessions with Cody typically include goal-focused conversations, skill practice, and checking what works between meetings. She pays attention to body image struggles, self-love work, coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, compassion fatigue, and relationship or family concerns.

How CBT and DBT translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It uses straightforward exercises and small experiments to test new ways of thinking that reduce anxiety, low mood, and disordered eating patterns.

DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, focuses on regulating intense emotions and building tolerance for distress. It teaches concrete skills for managing big feelings, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive reactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Cody collaborates with each person to decide which skills and methods match their goals and preferences. Together they try techniques, adjust as needed, and focus on tools that fit day-to-day life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to use these methods. Video calls allow real-time teaching and role-play, phone sessions work for focused conversations, and live chat or text-based messaging can reinforce skills between sessions. These options make it easier to practice tools when and where they are needed most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Cody address?
She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, eating and food-related concerns, self-esteem, addictions, depression, compassion fatigue, LGBT matters, relationship and family problems, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
The approach is practical and skills-based, using clear strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and manage emotions while building self-awareness and real-world practice.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working in settings that include outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential care.
What credentials and licensure does she hold?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with Colorado LMFT 1345 and Minnesota LMFT 2455.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
She is not currently taking international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
8 years
Licensed
Minnesota, Colorado
Languages
English

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