Dr. Eva Therapy

(786) 383-4942

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Meet Dr. Eva Benmeleh

My purpose is to help you get out of your head and live your life with more flow and confidence. You may not know right now what that looks like, but you can feel it in your bones that something isn’t right and that there must be a better way.

I currently work with adults and children who suffer from never feeling quite right, not good enough, or like something is always missing. 

I earned my doctoral degree focusing on the relationship between parents and their children. Anxiety and depression have always been big reasons why people seek therapy for themselves or their children. My training in maternal mental health and infant mental health helps parents of little ones trying to sort out the overwhelming responsibilities that seem time-sensitive and important, but nevertheless, draining. When working with the parent-child relationship in the early years, we can shift belief systems that keep us enslaved to a life filled with low self-esteem, poor choices, and experiences that leave us feeling undervalued. When we focus on the relationship, we can shake off the blame that many people, especially parents feel for causing problems- because blame is just a noisy distraction.

As a clinical psychologist:

I earned my doctoral degree focusing on the relationship between parents and their children. Anxiety and depression have always been big reasons why people seek therapy for themselves or their children. My training in maternal mental health and infant mental health helps parents of little ones trying to sort out the overwhelming responsibilities that seem time sensitive and important, but nevertheless, draining. When working with the parent-child relationship in the early years, we can shift belief systems that keep us enslaved to a life filled with low self-esteem, poor choices, and experiences that leave us feeling drained and undervalued. When we focus on the relationship, we can shake off the blame that many people, especially parents feel for causing problems- because blame is just a noisy distraction.

Targeting perfectionism head on.

My work throughout the years has grown into understanding depression and anxiety on deeper levels and targeting perfectionism head-on. Oftentimes, perfectionism, or the idea that there is such a thing as perfection is this pesky stench that permeates our everyday interactions and experiences, leaving us feeling like we’re always falling short like we’re missing out like it could be just a bit better like it just is too much.

Awareness, understanding, and letting go of perfectionism release unrealistic and caustic expectations and shift the focus on feeling happiness, self-confidence, inner love, and compassion. Many people know that these qualities exist and they sound pretty, but few live them out and don’t even know where to start. Through insight-oriented therapy and meditation, I help my clients find the tools each one needs to drop the mask of perfectionism and don the authentic look – leading to less second-guessing, more realistic expectations, more energy, and self-confidence.

Learn to let go of perfectionism

My personal background impacts my professional style and vice versa. Though I was born in Venezuela, my family and I immigrated to Miami when I was a young child. Figuring out how to make friends, learn a new language, and earn good grades was an adjustment, to say the least. My parents’ upbringing and my schooling instilled within me a profound desire to help others as part of a bigger picture- Tikkun Olam – to participate in the general pursuit of social justice. I was the “good girl” and I aimed for perfection- that others would approve of me and that I made everyone else happy. Some very impactful personal experiences taught me that I have a choice, as does everyone to either learn to let go of perfectionism or keep living trying to do the right thing and often feeling so wrong about it. I can strongly say, that I practice what I preach, and going through the motions of change, each and every time has been in the beginning scary but always, always, always, expansive and rewarding beyond what I could ever have imagined.

Live life more fully,

with more intention,

with more love,

and fewer tears.