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How we can work together in Lake Hamilton
Virtual Sessions
Close a door in Lake Hamilton, 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) 225-9819Residents of Lake Hamilton can begin professional, compassionate counseling this week, by secure video or in person near Boca Raton. Sessions draw on proven methods, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy skills, and trauma-focused care.
If you would rather be in the same room, my Boca Raton office is open to you. If not, video works just as well. I work in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and you are free to switch mid-sentence. Most people do.
I will not hand you a worksheet and call it progress. We work on what is actually happening in your week. Lake Hamilton sits in Polk County, part of Central Florida, and Najla Sallum, LCSW serves the whole area, in person near Boca Raton and online across Florida. There is no pressure and no wrong way to begin, only a short, confidential conversation to see whether it feels right.

Meet Your Therapist
Najla Sallum, LCSW
Clients in Lake Hamilton 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 Lake Hamilton
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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