Cody Granda, LMFT

Cody Granda guides people who recognize patterns of all-or-nothing thinking and emotional extremes toward greater balance and steadiness. She works with individuals who notice their thoughts or behaviors affecting relationships or inner peace, helping them move away from rigid rules, chaotic relationship patterns, or controlling habits around food and body image. Together with clients, she focuses on reducing black-and-white thinking and building more flexible, authentic ways of living so people feel empowered to make choices that reflect their values.

Cody emphasizes identifying strengths and what is already working in a person's life, pairing that recognition with practical skills to increase gratitude, lightness, and hope. She supports clients in improving self-esteem, managing work stress, and repairing interpersonal difficulties while nurturing self-compassion and sustainable change.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in Minnesota and Colorado, she centers her work on relationship dynamics and interpersonal concerns. She also holds certification as an Expert Level Life Coach and has training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT - and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - TF-CBT. Those DBT skills help with mood regulation and tolerating strong emotions, while TF-CBT offers grounding strategies for trauma response. In addition, she uses CBT-E, a focused cognitive behavioral approach for interrupting eating disorder behaviors, making her particularly experienced in treating eating and food-related issues.

Cody is a Certified Instructor with the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship - PATH - and integrates animal-assisted methods when appropriate, using equine interaction to provide real-time feedback about emotions, assertiveness, and relational patterns. Her academic background includes a Master of Human Services with a specialization in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling from Capella University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Art from the University of Wisconsin - Stout. Clinically, her work has focused on eating disorders and co-occurring diagnoses across levels of care including outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential settings.