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, Director of Community Collaboration

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, Director of Communication and Administration

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. She serves as communication coordinator for the Ohio Music Therapy Task Force.

Laura is quite busy in her spare time with 2 sons and 2 cats. Check out her daily posts on our social media page!

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Stephanie H. Morris, MM, MT-BC, Neurologic Music Therapy-Fellow, Director of Internship and Clinical Data

Stephanie H. Morris, MM, MT-BC and Neurologic Music Therapy Fellow started working for COMT in November of 2012 while working to complete her Masters of Music in Music Therapy at Ohio University, finishing 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 (Kate, spouse). 

 

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Josie McCutcheon, MT-BC

Josie has been a board-certified music therapist since February of 2020. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from Ohio University in 2019 where she also graduated with a Minor in Psychology. Josie completed her music therapy internship at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, Florida. Hospice and palliative care music therapy is her passion. Today Josie works in a variety of settings with clients ages 3-95. Josie began working for COMT in June of 2021 right after returning from her honeymoon with her high school sweetheart, Nathan. Josie and Nathan live in Dublin, Ohio with their dog Blanche. They also love the Golden Girls! 

 

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Mark Rhodes, Therapeutic Support Musician

Mark always knew as a young kid that music was going to be his career when he grew up. There was no doubt that from the second he could talk that he would be involved with music somehow some way. It wasn’t until middle school when he discovered his singing voice and as soon as that happened it was non-stop music, all day, every day for the rest of his high school life. He began his college career soon after and immediately got involved in the local music scene here in Columbus by starting as a solo performer. Strapping his acoustic guitar to his back and singing his heart out wherever he could get the opportunity, Mark hit the ground running. It took about 6 months for opportunity to start knocking. He had been in several bands that just didn’t really fit his vocal style, so he stuck to the solo life until the right thing came along. He was offered an opportunity to audition for an extremely popular local band called Mescalito, they were a 13-piece band that specialized in Funk and Soul, a genre Mark had been drawn to as a kid and he couldn’t wait to get to that audition. They soon announced him as the new lead singer.

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Kayla Stubblefield, MT-BC

Kayla is a music therapist from Charleston, WV. She finished her coursework at Ohio University in Athens, OH. During her time at OU, she sat as co-principal clarinetist for the OU Wind Symphony and the OU Symphony Orchestra. Kayla has a background in gospel piano. She also taught guitar for Athens County Music School. Kayla was an active member of Anointed Ministries on campus and a resident assistant for Housing and Residence Life at OU. Kayla loves playing with dogs, serving at her church in Athens, and being a natural hair enthusiast.

Ceara Chiapparielli, MM, MMT, MT-BC, Director of Program Development

Ceara Chiapparelli MM, MMT, MT-BC has been a Board Certified Music therapist since August 2014. She completed her music therapy training, both bachelor’s equivalency and master’s through Shenandoah University.  Her internship was completed at The Louis and Lucille Armstrong Center for Music Therapy at Beth Israel Mount Sinai.
Ceara has completed Soundbirthing and a NICU training in addition to a focus on medical music therapy.  Ceara has begun programs in pediatrics, NICU radiology, surgical step down, hospice and out patient oncology.  She has also served as an Internship Director and has additional focuses in grant writing and managing Endowments in the Arts.
Ceara has served on the Ohio Music Therapy Task Force since 2019, and currently serves as Communications Co-Chair.
Ceara lives in Columbus, with her husband, two boys and Yorkers.

 

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