These are some of the true hero’s we work with who help these kids day in and day out.  It takes a special empathy to be around all of the challenging situations these kids face and still be there 100% for them.  Everyone I have met has told me the same thing-It was a privledge to work with these kids, that they taught them more about life than they teach them about music.  We are truly blessed to have these therapist working with the kids.

Cincinnati Children’s Staff

Brian Schreck, MA, MT-BC

Brian Schreck received his Bachelor’s in Music Therapy from Berklee College of Music and Master’s degree in Music Therapy from New York University with a focus in palliative care. Brian initiated and provided medical music therapy services with chronically ill adults and pediatrics on the east coast before pioneering music therapy at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center 4.5 years ago. His primary scope of music therapy services are provided with patients on the bone marrow transplant, hematology, and oncology units.

Kathryn Yeager, MT-BC

Kathryn Yeager received her Bachelors in Music Therapy from Appalachian State University. She worked with children, adolescents, and older adults with a variety of diagnoses during her internship at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Kathryn has been working at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center since 2009 where she specializes in adolescent psychiatry, cardiology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant.

Jenn Seley, MT-BC

Jenn Seley received her Bachelor’s in Music Therapy from Eastern Michigan University. She spent a year doing music therapy in special education before coming to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Jenn’s areas of focus at Cincinnati Children’s are pulmonary, neurology, and child/adolescent psychiatry.

Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center

Tania Cordobés, MMT, MT-BC

Tania Cordobés is a bilingual (Spanish speaking) music therapist who is employed by the Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County where she provides services for children and their non-offending parents who have been victimized by abuse. Ms. Cordobés has been awarded honorable mention as Mental Health Professional the year for 2005, 2007 and 2008 by the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas. Cordobés earned a teaching fellowship to SMU in the music therapy department, completing her Master’s Degree in Music Therapy. After graduate school, Ms. Cordobés studied Cuban music styles in La Habana, Cuba, at the Escuela Nacional de Arte International Program. In addition to her career as a music therapist, Cordobés is an active performing singer/songwriter in the local music community.

Children’s Mercy Hospital

Kim Robertson, MBA, MT-BC, NMT

Kim Robertson is the music therapy supervisor for Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO. She has held this position since November, 2002. Prior to that, she was the music therapist for Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita, KS for 17 years. She has extensive experience in the medical field and the field of behavioral health, working with all ages from infants to older adults. Kim graduated from Drury University in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in music education. She did graduate work at the University of Kansas in music therapy, and completed a masters in business administration from Wichita State University in 1993. Her first instrument of choice is the keyboard, but she also plays the guitar and various other instruments in the work setting. When not at work, she is the keyboardist for the praise band at Lee’s Summit United Methodist Church, and she enjoys her “kids” (two energetic dogs!), “playing” at gardening, reading, and scuba diving.

Liesel Stephens, MT-BC, CIMT

Liesel Stephens is a board-certified music therapist at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, MO. She is honored to work with patients and families on the hematology/oncology, pediatric intensive care, neonatal intensive care, and burn units. Liesel received her music therapy and music education degrees from Phillips University in Enid, OK and did graduate work at The University of Kansas. She has specialized training in neonatal music therapy as well as certification to teach infant massage.

Ashley Scheufler, MME, MT-BC

Ashley Scheufler is a music therapist at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Ashley received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, and then went on to receive her Master’s degree in Music Education and Graduate Equivalency in Music Therapy from University of Missouri ~ Kansas City. Prior to becoming a Music Therapist, Ashley worked in the Shawnee Mission Public School district where she taught elementary school music to grades K-6th. Ashley has also worked in the music field teaching piano, guitar, and vocal music lessons, as well as directing children’s choirs in churches in the Wichita and Kansas City areas. Music and children have always been, and will continue to be a huge part of Ashley’s life. In her spare time, Ashley enjoys playing the mandolin and spending time with her husband Jason, and son, Ellis.

Dell Children’s Medical Center

Cara Griswold, M.Ed, MT-BC, NMT

Cara Griswold received her Bachelor’s in Music Therapy from Sam Houston State
University and her Master’s in Early Childhood Special Education from The University
of Texas at Austin. She worked with children, adolescents, and adults for 4 years at
University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio before moving to Texas.
Cara has been working at Dell Children’s since September of 2010 where she is working
to establish the hospital’s first music therapy program.