Cody Granda, LMFT

Cody Granda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people find balance when emotions feel extreme. She works with adults facing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and eating or body-image concerns. Cody focuses on practical steps people can use day to day to feel steadier and more in control.

She often sees how black-and-white thinking and rigid rules about food or behavior create tension. In sessions she helps people notice those patterns and try different choices that feel more authentic. She encourages small shifts that lead to clearer thinking and better relationships.

Her background includes work at outpatient, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and residential levels of care. This experience shaped her approach to eating and co-occurring disorders and to people coping with trauma, grief, or mood instability. Cody uses tools that target thoughts, emotions, and behavior so change feels concrete.

Cody draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy methods to teach grounding skills, emotion regulation, and practical coping strategies. She also integrates lessons from life coaching and animal-assisted work when appropriate. Her aim is to help people build self-trust, increase hope, and practice gratitude alongside the hard work.

She holds a Master of Science in Human Services with a specialization in Marriage, Couples, and Family Counseling from Capella University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Stout. Cody is licensed as an LMFT in Colorado and Minnesota.

Online approaches and flexible care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It helps with anxiety, low mood, eating and body-image concerns by changing thinking and behavior patterns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes skills for regulating intense emotions, handling distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It can be useful when mood swings, strong urges, or relationship conflicts make daily life harder.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust techniques over time based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between appointments or use written tools that suit their day-to-day routine.