Music Therapy
Lorinda Jones, MA, MT-BC is the owner of Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky, providing contract music therapy services for children and adults with mental, physical, and emotional disabilities.
Lorinda Jones, MA, MT-BC, holds a degree in music education, counseling, and a music therapy certification from her equivalency work at Tennessee Technological University and internship at Evansville State Hospital. After 13 years of teaching public school music, Lorinda completed her music therapy training and began contract services in Hardin and surrounding counties. She is an active member of the state and regional music therapy organization, and has presented workshops at state, regional, and national conferences. Lorinda also remains active as a performing and recording artist, specializing in American and Celtic traditional music, with numerous books and CD's to her credit.
Lorinda Jones is a Board-Certified, Music Therapist. www.cbmt.org
Member of MTAK, Music Therapy Association of Kentucky.
Music Therapy Association of KentuckyOwner of Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky, providing contract music therapy services for children and adults with mental, physical, and emotional disabilities.
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Part-time instructor for the University of Louisville Music Therapy Department. Louisville.edu/music/therapy
Member of AMTA American Music Therapy Association
MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
was founded in 1995 by Lorinda Jones, MA, MT-BC. Music therapy services have since been providing group and individual services to approximately 400 children and adults in Hardin, Meade, Grayson, Breckinridge, Fayette, Barren, Monroe,Nelson, and Metcalfe counties in Kentucky. Lorinda Jones is a Board-Certified, Music Therapist. As the owner of Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky, she and her associates provide contract music therapy services for children and adults with mental, physical, and emotional disabilities.WHAT IS MUSIC THERAPY?
Music Therapy is an established health profession similar to occupational therapy and physical therapy. It consists of using music therapeutically to address physical, psychological, cognitive, behavioral and/or social functioning.MUSIC THERAPY AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Young children receive music therapy across a wide range of settings: in an educational IEP as a related service for a specific objective, in early intervention programs or as an integral part of the curriculum. Music therapy is considered a related service under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).QUALIFIED MUSIC THERAPISTS
Music therapists providing services for Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky are college graduates who have earned a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an approved music therapy degree program. They have also passed the national certification examination and have the credential MT-BC (Music Therapist-Board Certified).MUSIC THERAPY SERVICES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY MUSIC STAFF
Greta E. Gillmeister MT-BC is a board certified music therapist. Greta grew up in Milton, West Virginia and after graduating high school she attended the University of Kentucky where she received her Bachelor in Music in 1996. She then pursued her graduate/equivalency degree in music therapy at the University of Kansas. Greta has worked clinically with children who are deaf and hard of hearing, children and adults with varying levels of developmental disabilities, geriatric psych patients, and well older adults. Greta currently resides in Louisville, KY and contracts music therapy services in school districts serving individuals and groups with developmental disabilities and emotional and behavioral disorders.
Jenny Krider MT-BC has spent the last four years practicing music therapy in schools and privately with children and adults with special needs. Jenny received her Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy degree from the University of Evansville in 1999. Jenny completed her music therapy internship at the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled in August 2000 and passed the Certification Board for Music Therapists exam in December 2000. From August 2000 - August 2001 Jenny worked in Cleveland, Ohio as a music therapist at the Cleveland Music School Settlement. Since August 2001 Jenny has worked as a contract music therapist for Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky as well as with private clients in Kentucky and Indiana. Jenny is a member of the American Music Therapy Association and is secretary of the Music Therapy Association of Kentucky.
Paula Roberts, MT-BC is a 2007 graduate of the University of Louisville with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Therapy. She completed her music therapy internship with Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky under the supervision of Lorinda Jones, MA, MT-BC. Since June of 2007 Paula has worked as a contract music therapist for Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky where she serves individuals and groups with developmental disabilities and emotional and behavioral disabilities as well as private clients. Paula is also the secretary of the Music Therapy Association of Kentucky.
Maryellen Cash, MT-BC is a board certified music therapist. She graduated from Berea College in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Psychology. She then attended the University of Louisville to complete the Music Therapy Equivalency Program. Maryellen completed her music therapy internship with Trident Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina, where she worked with individuals in pain management, cancer care, and palliative care. She received her board certification in December of 2007 and began working as an independent contractor with Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky in July of 2008. Currently, Maryellen works in Barren, Metcalfe, and Monroe Counties providing music therapy services to students with developmental disabilities and emotional and behavioral disabilities.
Tiffany Peters, MT-BC, a native of Ashland, Kentucky, earned a Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from the University of Louisville in 2006. She then continued her studies at the University of Louisville to complete the Music Therapy Equivalency Program. Tiffany completed her music therapy internship with Cheryle Lawrence, MA, MT-BC, in the Jefferson County Public Schools and with Lorinda Jones, MA, MT-BC, Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky. She received her national board certification in July 2009 and began working as a contract music therapist with Music Therapy Services of Central Kentucky in August. Tiffany and her husband Derek, a middle school band director, currently reside in Louisville.