LPC, 8 years of experience
Lativia Brown, LCPC is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor serving the DMV area, specializing in helping overfunctioning fixers heal from survival-mode living. She uses trauma-informed interventions integrated with a spiritual approach to guide clients—women, men, and families—toward emotional safety, healthy boundaries, and lasting transformation. Through a combination of reparenting tools, practical coping strategies, and faith-based insight, Lativia helps clients break free from cycles of fear, shame, guilt, and people-pleasing. Her mission is to help others stop overfunctioning and start thriving—emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.
Your first session is a safe and supportive space where we begin getting to know you—not just your struggles, but your story. Together, we’ll explore what’s been weighing on your heart, what brought you to therapy, and what you truly want for your emotional, spiritual, and relational life. We’ll talk about: • Your current challenges—emotional, relational, or spiritual • Any patterns of overfunctioning, people-pleasing, or survival-mode coping • Your hopes and goals for healing and growth • Your faith background (if important to you) and how you want that integrated into your care • Any past counseling or trauma experiences You’ll also have space to exhale. This isn’t a space where you have to hold it all together. From there, we’ll begin shaping a personalized plan to help you move from survival to thriving—using trauma-informed tools, faith-anchored insights, and practical strategies to help you break old cycles and build new patterns of peace, purpose, and emotional safety.
1. Deep Insight into Overfunctioning & Survival Patterns I specialize in helping high-functioning women and men identify the hidden emotional costs of doing too much. I can quickly see the root patterns—fear, shame, guilt, or trauma—that keep people stuck in survival mode. 2. Spiritually Integrated, Trauma-Informed Care I combine evidence-based clinical tools with a powerful spiritual lens. My approach allows clients to not only heal mentally and emotionally—but to restore their identity, faith, and divine purpose. 3. Relational Warmth & Authenticity Clients often say they feel safe, seen, and understood in their first session. I bring a balance of empathy, challenge, and hope that helps people open up and trust the process. 4. Clarity & Strategy I bring clarity to chaos. I help clients map out a way forward—with actionable, realistic steps they can apply in their everyday lives. Whether they’re rebuilding after emotional abuse or navigating family dynamics, they leave sessions with direction and tools. 5. Empowering Clients for Long-Term Change My goal isn’t just emotional relief—it’s transformation. I help clients break generational cycles, rewrite internal narratives, and live from a place of emotional authority, peace, and God-given identity. “I know what it’s like to overfunction—to carry everyone, hold everything together, and still feel like it’s never enough.”
She’s a high-achieving woman—a helper, fixer, or caregiver—who’s always “holding it all together” for everyone else. She may be: • A ministry leader, therapist, nurse, educator, or mom • Deeply spiritual but emotionally overwhelmed • Known as “the strong one” but silently battling burnout, anxiety, or depression • Carrying unresolved childhood trauma or relationship wounds • Struggling with boundaries, self-worth, or people-pleasing • Longing for rest, clarity, and emotional freedom • Interested in counseling that honors both her faith and her pain ⸻ 🔍 Clinically Speaking: • Trauma-exposed but high-functioning • Overfunctioning behaviors masking unresolved attachment wounds • Shame, guilt, and anxiety patterns rooted in family, faith, or cultural roles • Open to inner child work, reparenting, and spiritual reflection • Desires clinical tools but in a spiritually safe space
“Through therapy and the Word, I’m rebuilding my life from survival mode to Spirit-led living.” At Built to Win Counseling, we offer the option to integrate Christian faith into therapy for clients who desire spiritual support. This can include scripture-based reflection, prayer, and using biblical principles to explore emotional healing, boundaries, and personal growth—always tailored to your comfort level.