Lili Ramirez, AMFT

You experience excitement as you feel those first kicks and then monitor and worry when those kicks go quiet or feel like they change. You have nightmares that you won’t be a good mom while you dedicate so much time researching and planning for your baby. You think you’re supposed to experience only joy and love when you hold your baby for the first time, so you felt guilt, when anxiety and worst-case scenarios play through your mind.

Post-delivery, you feel overwhelmed as sleepless nights and constant demands pile up so quickly, and are jealous of your friends and family members that get to enjoy uninterrupted sleep each night. You might feel deeply connected to your baby one moment and completely lost the next. Whether you feel anxiety about your pregnancy, are recovering from a delivery that didn’t go the way you wanted it to, or are having difficulty navigating each day with a baby under one-year old, it’s natural to feel both grateful and exhausted - or just exhausted and sad.

Becoming a mother can stir up a whirlwind of conflicted emotions that people rarely talk about. These emotions can create serious self-doubt when they are scary or confusing, on top of all the physical changes and alterations to your routine or lifestyle. 

As a Christian therapist, I specialize in faith-based counseling for pregnant and postpartum women navigating the challenges of motherhood. Together, we will help you to process the unique emotional and physical challenges of pregnancy and early motherhood, identify your strengths and vision for motherhood, and help you find balance and confidence in caring for yourself and your baby.

Whether our Fallbrook location is convenient for you, or if telehealth sounds like a better option given the demands around you, I offer personalized care for mom’s that want to feel good and be present in their own life and for their family.

Education & Training:

MS Counseling Psychology, California Baptist University

PMADS 101 Certificate, Postpartum Health Alliance

Reproductive Grief Care Certificate, Life Perspectives

Maternal Mental Health Certificate, Postpartum Support International

Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy, Postpartum Support International

Languages Spoken:

English

Spanish