Ashley S. Lingerfelt, Child & Perinatal Therapist

04/23/2026

⭐️ Hi, everyone! ⭐️

Just a friendly reminder that Ashton is available for anyone looking for a therapist for their teen or young adult!

She recently expanded her office hours and is available for new referrals. She wants to add more of your amazing faces to her schedule!

If I can help connect you, let me know!

She just got married (hooray! 🎉) and is trying to build her practice in this exciting new phase of her life. 🥰

Please share, if you can! That’s also super helpful. 🩷

04/22/2026

Sending BIG LOVE to all of my kiddos this week and next with their milestone testing!!!

This is such a stressful time for many children and families. Always remember that this stress is temporary and is not definitive of your child’s abilities.

Summer break is only a few weeks away!

You’ve got this!!!!!! 🩷🩷🩷

04/12/2026

I was gifted this antique tub from a neighbor’s garden…what better use than for a parking spot for farm therapy 🥰

Doing some last minute touches before the first farm therapy appointment tomorrow afternoon!

Happy Sunday, everyone. 🩷

03/27/2026

Rainbow and Sunshine enjoyed the sunset this evening as they watched me do some projects in the back yard.

They are excited to meet some new friends!

Thank you to everyone who has reached out so far about farm-based therapy. I’ve been overwhelmed by the support and interest. I’ll be following up with everyone very soon - I’m getting through a few inquiries at a time.

Talk to you soon. 💕

03/24/2026

✨ Hi, everyone! ✨

I’m super excited to share that farm-based therapy is live now.

This has been a (literal) labor of love, dedication, and intentional purpose.

Kids will get to visit my private farm and love on the animals while learning relational and emotional skills via therapeutic care farming. We will use goats, sheep, equine (two ponies and a very special donkey), and a few other special animals as our co-therapists. More pictures to come. 🥰

Research has proven time and time again that animals are clinically proven to aid in the treatment of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more. I am so excited to make this a permanent part of my clinical practice. 🤎 It is a part of who I am as a person and a big part of my life.

I can’t wait to see what we will learn together!

You can learn more here: https://www.playtimetherapy.org/farm-based-therapy

✨ Picture of our newest therapy goats, Rainbow and Sunshine, for attention. These little girls are fully grown and 16 inches tall. While this breed (Nigerian dwarf) is known for their dairy production, these girls are incredibly tiny and are not able to have babies. This makes them the perfect little therapy goats! They were bottle babies and come from an amazing farm where they played with children daily. I feel so fortunate to include them in my therapy program! ✨

02/10/2026

Hi friends,

My surgery was completed on Friday and I now have a shiny new (very bruised) hand with a total of seven screws and an additional unexpected plate. There were a few complications to the surgery due to one of my metacarpal bones being too small to insert a screw directly into (I didn’t even know that was a possibility!), which resulted in a more invasive procedure.

I have extremely limited mobility and essentially cannot use my hand at all right now. I start physical therapy soon and hopefully that will help a lot.

Thank you to everyone who has reached out and sent well wishes. It means a lot!

-Ashley 🩷

02/05/2026

Hi playtime families,

I know your children are going to ask, so feel free to give them a heads up that I will have a funny looking arm for a little while.

I broke my hand and will be having surgery on Friday. All will be well!

See you all soon! 💕

12/30/2025

It’s true. 🩶

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12/19/2025

At home today with my baby goat learning a new treatment for childhood anxiety. 🩷

I worked super hard to get into this training hosted by the Yale Child Study Center. It took months of being waitlisted and waiting and waiting but it’s finally paying off! Day 1 and I have already learned so much in just a few hours.

I can’t wait to bring this evidence-based program into my practice to help all the children who suffer from anxiety. The research supporting this interpersonal method of anxiety management for parents and children is fascinating and has impressive outcomes. Brain imaging shows that it literally reshapes how a child regulates their stress response.

Can’t wait to share the knowledge with all of you. 🩷

Happy weekend!

-Miss Ashley 🧸

11/20/2025

🌈🌩️It’s time for rainbows and thunder clouds!🌈🌩️

Do you often ask your child “what did you do today?” and they respond with “nothing”?

Sometimes asking them to explain their day is too big of a demand. It’s a complex question and requires a complex response. As a result, many children choose to withdraw and disengage. They feel overwhelmed!

You will see much more engagement if you break this task down into smaller, more manageable questions and answers.

An easy way to break the ice and support your child with talking about their day includes asking them about their rainbow and their thunder cloud. You could also call this their unicorn and their stink bug or any other creative “opposites.”

Here are the directions:

🌈🌩️ It's always important to share the best and worst parts of your day! Which part of your day was great, fun, or special?

We call this your rainbow.

It can be something simple, like having your favorite food for lunch, or something big, like seeing someone special or going somewhere fun!

Which part of your day was hard, boring, or maybe even sad or frustrating?

We call this your thunder cloud.

This might be something small like not getting your turn with a toy or something big like getting hurt. It's important to let your grown ups know how you feel!

It's normal to have both a rainbow
AND a thunder cloud! Most people
feel both of these things each day! 🌈🌩️

In my office, we enjoy telling about our rainbows and thunder storms. It gets kids to open up about their day and takes the pressure off. 🩷

11/04/2025

Hi, Playtime Families!

I have partnered with Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care of Atlanta to sponsor a family for Christmas.

This particular family includes a newborn, a toddler, a mother and father, as well as a grandmother and grandfather.

There are several items this family has on their wishlist. Some are as simple as a stuffed animal, some are more complex - like a stove.

While it is not required for me fulfill every single item, I know it would mean the world to this family to have each item on their list.

For clothing sizes for the children, or for mom and dad’s special requests, please email me at ashley@playtimetherapy.org and I will share the specifics with you.

All donations can be dropped by my office and I will deliver to the organization by 12/1.

I will personally be fulfilling this family’s items to the best of my ability, but any help is greatly appreciated! Together, we can do a lot, even if it’s just a couple of dollars donated to the family or to the hospice organization itself.

Please let me know if you’d like to help. And here’s a link to the local organization who organizes this for families: https://www.phpcofga.com/

Thank you ❤️🎄