This work is Personal
ABOUT CROWN THOUGHTS —
My name is Latina D. Brame and I’m a licensed clinical social worker and the creative mind behind Crown Thoughts.
I come with much knowledge, having over a decade of experience within the state of Connecticut. This includes case management services, community advocacy, mentorship, intensive in home clinical work for children at risk for out home placement, as well as adults in residential setting. I specialize in working with individuals who are navigating complex trauma, attachment wounds, mood dysregulation, grief, relational patterns, and the ongoing process of healing from the past while creating a more aligned future.
My practice is trauma informed, person centered and culturally responsive. I integrate evidenced based practices with a holistic lens, honoring the mind body connection and the power of self compassion. I am regarded by my clients as a dedicated clinician who is patient, authentic, has deep clinical perspective, and fully committed to supporting them in being a better version of themselves.
I believe healing is not just possible, it’s our birthright.
My PHILOSOPHY
My work is rooted in trauma-informed care and an understanding that healing is about more than managing symptoms. I’m especially passionate about the ways trauma, shame, relationships, identity, and our bodies intersect—and how the things we once learned to do to survive can continue showing up long after the danger has passed.
I believe healing is about more than learning how to cope. It is about understanding the experiences that shaped you, recognizing the ways your mind and body learned to protect you, and creating new ways of feeling safe within yourself.
My approach is rooted in the belief that our emotions, relationships, bodies, and life experiences are deeply connected. Sometimes the behaviors we struggle with most began as simple adaptations.
Therapy creates space to explore those patterns with curiosity rather than judgment.
Together, we work toward emotional regulation, nervous system healing, deeper self-awareness, and a more compassionate relationship with yourself — not by erasing who you have been, but by helping you feel more grounded and intentional in who you are becoming.
Crown Thoughts isn’t simply an extension of my clinical work. It is also an extension of me. I’m a mother of two boys, a woman continually learning herself, a lover of books, music and movement, travel, meaningful conversations, and the kind of moments that remind us there is more to life than surviving it. I believe deeply in creating a life that feels authentic—not just one that looks successful from the outside.
That philosophy is at the heart of Crown Thoughts.
My Story,
My Why
I know what it means to survive before you ever learn to live.
As a someone with lived experiences of complex trauma, I understand what it means to carry what feels like burdens long after they have ended—to become highly attuned to your environment. My own life has taught me how early life experiences can shape the way we understand safety, love, relationships, our bodies, and ourselves. To become strong because you had to be. To learn how to read a room before learning how to understand your own emotions. To become independent, capable, and resilient while parts of you are still searching for safety.
And I also know that survival can look a lot like functioning.
For a long time, survival can look like strength. You learn to adapt. You keep going. You become who you need to be to make it through. But eventually, the very patterns that once protected us can begin to feel heavy. My own healing taught me something that now sits at the heart of Crown Thoughts. I wanted to create the kind of therapeutic space where people don’t feel reduced to symptoms, diagnoses, or a list of things that need to be “fixed.” Here, we’re curious about the whole story. Healing, but make it human.
There was never something inherently wrong with me. There were simply parts of me that had learned how to survive.
What happened to you?
What did you learn about yourself because of it?
What patterns helped you to survive?
And who might you become when you no longer need them in the same?
Let’s work through this together.