Community Care & Postpartum Therapy in California
Empowering postpartum and new mamas with holistic mental health education, collective care and culturally affirming support.
When mamas are equipped with the skills and support to nurture their well-being, families and communities thrive.
Explore what support can look like here.
You’re carrying more than the daily weight of motherhood - you’re carrying generations of sacrifice, strength, and survival. You're breaking cycles your mamá and abuela never had the space to name, let alone heal.
Maybe you’re the first one in your family to question the unspoken rules about what motherhood "should" look like.
You’re mothering in a world you weren't prepared for and trying to thrive in a culture that expects you to stay quiet and small.
You’re doing everything: feeding, cleaning, soothing, surviving, but still wondering, "Why do I feel like I'm failing? Why do I feel so alone?"
The anxiety keeps you up even when your baby’s asleep. Your mind won't stop racing, your body can't sit still, and a constant voice of worry weighs on your chest.
You miss who you were before madrehood, but don’t know how to name what’s shifted, or what help you need.
The emotional & mental load is heavy. You're tired of being the strong one, the reliable one, the "independent one" who's supposed to handle it all without help.
You’ve tried venting to your comadre, a partner, a friend- but it’s not enough. Especially when the systems around you tell you to keep pushing through instead of encouraging you to slow dow and be held.
You’ve been holding it down for everyone, and I see the weight you're carrying.
You want to feel like yourself again—calm, confident, connected—but everything feels like too much right now.
You’ve heard all the usual advice:
“Sleep when the baby sleeps,” “Just do more self-care,” or
“Be strong, mami.” But those quick fixes don’t reach the deeper layers of exhaustion, pressure, and silence you’ve been carrying.
You might worry that slowing down means you’re falling behind, or that asking for help makes you weak. Especially when you’ve been taught to be the strong one.
But hear this mama,
You’re not failing. You’re not broken.
You’re just tired of holding it all alone and that makes so much sense. Madrehood was meant to be done in community.
There’s a way to ground that honors your reality, your worries, and your capacity. You don’t have to keep surviving, you get to feel held, too.
This is a space for new mothers that speaks your language, honors your roots, and makes space for your rage, your joy, and your voice.
Here is how I can help you
The Madrehood Escuelita is a virtual educational space for learning, unlearning, and reclaiming confidence in your madrehood journey. Through journaling cafecitos, mental health pláticas, and community conversations, we explore postpartum & mama identity, mindfulness skills, self-compassion y más. This is not therapy, but a community-centered resource for mamas ready to grow with guidance, tools, and connection.
You’ve carried the weight of many stories—your own and those passed down through generations. In therapy, we slow down to understand what you’re holding, tend to the emotions beneath the surface, and rebuild your rhythm of care with compassion, clarity, and intention.
Therapy for Postpartum
& Madrehood
I offer mental health education that bridges culture, compassion, and collective healing. Designed for maternal health providers, community organizations, and parent spaces ready to better support underserved postpartum families. Together, we can shift the conversation toward care that truly reflects our strengths & values.
Mental Health Education
& Speaking
New Mama feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or stuck in survival mode?
Download my free guide: "7 Days, 7 Habits: Gentle Grounding to Ease Anxiety in Postpartum & Motherhood”
This soulful, culturally grounded resource helps you slow down, reconnect with your needs, and pour care back into yourself - without guilt or pressure.
Start your healing, one practice at a time.
Hi, I’m Johanna Lee
A licensed therapist (LPCC), mental health educator & speaker who helps first-gen, Latina & new mamas feel seen, supported, and grounded in postpartum and beyond.
I firmly believe that health should feel like home—not like another thing on your to-do list. I started this work because I know what it’s like to grow up between worlds, carrying the weight of bi-cultural expectations and silences in motherhood—and I wanted to create the kind of healing space I did not find.
Fun fact: When I’m not holding space for mamas, I am wearing my stay-at-home-mama hat and trying to keep up with my active toddler (iykyk!)
I was working with a first-gen Latina client who shared that she really appreciates that I give her education and examples for different mental health concepts and this helps her think about it in her own terms throughout the week (e.g. like having a full plate and taking just a moment to set it down when we journal so that it doesn’t feel as heavy all the time).
I helped a mom advocate for herself after experiencing workplace harassment throughout her pregnancy. She felt like she was complaining but after processing a couple sessions, she realized that this was one way she could protect herself (even if in the past she wasn’t able to).
I hosted a Baby & Me Parent Community Event focused on 1) donations/swap station for baby & mom items 2) sensory play stations 3) selena dance along 4) new parent mental health 101 & 5) guest speaker on financial education. I had a few moms come up to me during the event saying how helpful it was to get tangible resources and also information to help them in their current season.