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Carli Braun Kody, PhD, LP is a licensed psychologist in Minnesota and Michigan. She specializes in helping people cultivate mental health, courage, and resilience in their everyday lives. Whether you're seeking healing from pain in your life or you want to strengthen your courage and well being, Carli's services may be a good fit for you.
At the core of her work, Carli is dedicated to helping people build connections and develop shame resilience. She supports people in strengthening their self-awareness and intrapersonal skills (how we relate to ourselves) and interpersonal skills (how we relate to others). As we deepen our understanding of ourselves and the way we relate to others, we gain perspective and create space for practicing new ways of coping with life's stressors and uncertainties. |
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Professional Experience
Carli's professional background includes over 19 years of counseling, teaching, and research experience. Her counseling career began in 1999 when she provided therapeutic programming for adolescent girls at a residential treatment program. This professional experience sparked her passion to pursue graduate work in the counseling field. In 2001, she worked at the Veterans' Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. She counseled veterans at the VA's Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (CCDOR). Since 2001, Carli has provided psychological services for adolescents and adults in a variety of settings including private practice, medical centers, university counseling centers, community mental health centers, and The Emily Program, a world-renowned eating disorder treatment center.
Carli has expertise in working with a wide range of concerns. Her clinical specialties include shame and shame resilience, eating disorders, body image, mental health support for student athletes, women's issues, and group therapy. Carli has also taught undergraduate and graduate psychology courses at universities and a local community college.
Carli is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator (CDWF), with Dr. Brené Brown's organization, The Daring Way™. She is also a Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Teacher-in-Training, trained through the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion at the University of California - San Diego Center for Mindfulness. In support of her local community, she volunteers as a member of the Suicide Prevention Collaborative (SPC).
Carli has expertise in working with a wide range of concerns. Her clinical specialties include shame and shame resilience, eating disorders, body image, mental health support for student athletes, women's issues, and group therapy. Carli has also taught undergraduate and graduate psychology courses at universities and a local community college.
Carli is a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator (CDWF), with Dr. Brené Brown's organization, The Daring Way™. She is also a Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Teacher-in-Training, trained through the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion at the University of California - San Diego Center for Mindfulness. In support of her local community, she volunteers as a member of the Suicide Prevention Collaborative (SPC).
Education
Carli earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota in 2008 and a master's degree in counseling from the University of Minnesota in 2002. Her doctoral training included an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited predoctoral internship at the University of Southern California and a postdoctoral fellowship at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She completed bachelor's degrees in Psychology, Women's Studies, and German at St. Olaf College.
Carli earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota in 2008 and a master's degree in counseling from the University of Minnesota in 2002. Her doctoral training included an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited predoctoral internship at the University of Southern California and a postdoctoral fellowship at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She completed bachelor's degrees in Psychology, Women's Studies, and German at St. Olaf College.