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How we can work together in Hawthorne
Virtual Sessions
Close a door in Hawthorne, open your laptop, and we start. No drive, no waiting room, nobody sees you arrive.
Book a virtual sessionIn Person
Some things land better in the same room. My Boca Raton office is quiet, private, and yours for the hour.
Book in personTalk by Phone
Not sure yet? Ring me and ask. It costs nothing, you get me rather than a receptionist, and there is no pitch.
Call (754) 225-9819Looking for a therapist in Hawthorne? Najla Sallum, LCSW offers calm, confidential, evidence-based counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Sessions draw on proven methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy skills, and trauma-focused care.
I am licensed across Florida, so living in Hawthorne rather than Boca Raton changes nothing about your access to me. For Brazilian and Latino families near Hawthorne, this is not a translated service; it is the same care in your language.
I work from CBT, DBT skills, and trauma-focused approaches, but I pick the tool to fit you, not the other way round. Hawthorne sits in Alachua County, part of North Central Florida, and Najla Sallum, LCSW serves the whole area, in person near Boca Raton and online across Florida. Reaching out is simple: call, text, or send a message, and Najla responds personally. The first consultation is complimentary.

Meet Your Therapist
Najla Sallum, LCSW
Clients in Hawthorne work directly with Najla Sallum, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than fourteen years of clinical experience. She practices in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, by secure video anywhere in Florida or in person at the Boca Raton office. The videos here are hers, recorded to explain this work in plain language, so you know who you are meeting before the first call.
What We Help With
Therapy services for Hawthorne
Therapy
Trilingual Therapy & Counseling
Ongoing therapy in whichever of my three languages you think in. By video anywhere in Florida, or in my Boca Raton room.
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A standing hour that is yours. Anxiety, low mood, old wounds, grief, or a chapter that just ended.
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The whole household in the room, including step-families and the strain that comes with moving country.
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Children rarely explain themselves in sentences. We use play, and I read what they show me.
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Slow, careful work on PTSD, layered trauma, leaving an abusive home, and what the journey here cost you.
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