Central Ohio Music Therapy Team

The Central Ohio Music Therapy Team

We are proud to introduce you to the highly skilled and accomplished Central Ohio Music Therapy Team! In addition to the required bachelor’s degree and board certification, each of our music therapists holds additional degrees and/or specialty training to enhance their services. Learn about our credentials or meet the team below.

Jessica Fletcher, MM, MT-BC, Assistant Director

Jessica has been a Board-Certified Music Therapist since July of 2012 and has been working with Central Ohio Music Therapy since November of 2012. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in music therapy, with a minor in psychology, from Baldwin-Wallace College. She completed her music therapy internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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Laura Whitlow Schell, MT-BC, Neurologic Music Therapist and Admin Assistant

Laura has been a board-certified music therapist since 2009 after she graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music with a degree in Music Therapy and a minor in Psychology. She completed her internship at the Utah State Developmental Center. Laura worked as a music therapist under Medicaid in a few cities in Indiana for 7 years before moving to Ohio and joining COMT at the end of 2016. Laura has worked with a variety of populations and ages ranging from 6 months to 95 years old.

Laura is quite busy in her spare time with 2 sons, 2 cats, and a chinchilla.

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Stephanie H. Morris, MM, MT-BC, Internship Director

Stephanie H. Morris, MM, MT-BC and Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow completed her Masters of Music in Music Therapy at Ohio University in August 2014. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. in 1982. She is married to Matthew B. Morris, Instructor of Bassoon and Theory at Ohio University and is the mother of two boys, Blane and Thomas.

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Sarah Sheets, MT-BC

Sarah has been a board-certified music therapist since August 2017. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in music therapy from Ohio University and completed her internship with Central Ohio Music Therapy. Through her time with COMT, Sarah has had a wide variety of experiences working with people of all ages and populations.

 

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Kristen Lynn Pugh, MT-BC

Kristen is happy to return to her home state of Ohio as a music therapist with Central Ohio Music Therapy. After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre from Shenandoah University, Kristen performed on tour with Blue Gate Musicals and then at the Greenbrier Resort. After marrying her childhood sweetheart and adding two dogs to her family, she returned to Shenandoah to earn a professional studies certificate in music therapy.

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Sara May, MA, MT-BC

Sara has been a board-certified music therapist since May of 2018 and primarily works with children and adolescents. She graduated cum laude with honors from Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music in 2016. While at Texas Woman’s University, Sara was very involved in leadership roles through Sigma Alpha Iota – Iota Omega, the TWU clarinet choir, and the TWU Student Association for Music Therapy. In 2018 she completed her music therapy internship at the Denton State Supported Living Center in Denton, TX. Sara will graduate from Texas Woman’s University with a Master of Arts degree in Music Therapy in December 2019.

Currently, Sara spends most of her free time enjoying time with her cat, Oliver, and spending time with her significant other, Clayton.

Gwen D’Amico, MT-BC

Gwen has been a board-certified music therapist since August 2019. She is a graduate from the music therapy department at Ohio University and completed her internship at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has worked with a large range of ages and populations.
She enjoys spending her free time rock climbing and playing with her cat, Stevie.
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