Learn About Our Experienced and Talented Staff:

MT-BC, NMT

Board-Certified Music Therapist

Licensed Music Together® Center Director

Casey DePriest, MT-BC, is a board-certified music therapist who has been practicing in the Evansville, Indiana area since 1995.  

After spending 8 years as a music therapist at Welborn’s Mulberry Center, she started a music therapy private practice in 2002.  In 2003, she became an approved Indiana Medicaid Waiver provider. In 2007, she established Integrative Music Therapy, which currently serves approximately 120 clients per week within a 5-county area with 4 music therapists and an intern. Casey has served on the Executive Board for the Association for Indiana Music Therapists and as the Indiana Music Therapy Advocacy Task Force Chair.  Casey is also a member of the AMTA Autism Task Force.

Casey has dedicated her career to the pursuit of improved services for individuals on the autism spectrum with complex communication and motor challenges.  In 2013, Casey founded Optimal Rhythms, Inc., a non-profit organization focused on supporting individuals with autism and other neurologic differences or injuries, helping them achieve their maximum potential, while building confidence and independence for living. In August 2014, Casey led Optimal Rhythms to open ACCESS Academy, a private therapeutic day school to serve non-verbal autistic students within a general education academic environment with individualized sensory and communication supports.  ACCESS Academy was designed in response to the latest research revealing the sensory and movement difference of autism spectrum disorder.  Casey has trained in Neurologic Music Therapy and Supported Communication.  Casey is passionate about learning from the true experts in autism – self- advocates, and advocating for students who do not have a voice to advocate for themselves.  She has organized four annual Rethinking Autism Conferences, held each April in Evansville, Indiana, since 2015. Casey also enjoys teaching, mentoring, and developing research-based support strategies.

Casey was recognized as an Evansville Courier & Press Health Care Hero and Optimal Rhythms, Inc. was recognized with a Leadership Evansville Award for Excellence in Education for the development of their innovative educational program, ACCESS Academy.  Casey has also received a Change Maker Award from the American Music Therapy Association.

M.M.E, MT-BC, NMT

Board Certified Music Therapist

Certified Neurologic Music Therapist 

Fatima Seib, senior music therapist, joined the IMT team in the summer of 2015. Seib earned the dual BM degrees in violin performance and in music therapy from the University of Evansville and the MME degree in music therapy from The University of Kansas.

Seib has presented research and sessions at regional and national conferences of the American Music Therapy Association and the Innovation in Education conference. Her primary research interests are therapeutic functions of music and bowed-string instruments, the impact of presuming competence toward children with disabilities, and the impact of rhythmic-based approach on movement disorder within individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down Syndrome.

Kaitlin is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University where she received her Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Associate), she is now offering behavioral support services to Indiana Medicaid Waiver clients in SW Indiana. She is passionate and skilled at helping families get the supports they need to address the individualized needs of our clients. Kaitlin is a proud wife and mom to her two children, Mason and Stella.

Kiersten joined the IMT team in July 2023 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy with a minor in Psychology from the University of Evansville. She has experience working with both groups and individuals across a variety of settings. Since joining IMT, Kiersten has gained extensive knowledge about motor differences and connectivity differences in autism and neurodivergence. This has fostered growth both professionally as a music therapist and personally as an individual. She thoroughly enjoys learning from and supporting the people she works with every day.

Allyse Hardy, MT-BC, NMT, is a Board-Certified Music Therapist with advanced training in Neurologic Music Therapy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy from the University of Evansville and has dedicated her career to using music as a powerful clinical tool to support individuals with neurologic and developmental needs. Her work is grounded in both evidence-based practice and a client-centered philosophy, ensuring that each intervention is tailored to the unique goals, strengths, and preferences of the individuals she serves. She has experience working with a wide range of populations, including individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, individuals recovering from stroke or brain injury, and other neurologic conditions. She is passionate about the role of music in neurorehabilitation and continues to pursue ongoing professional development in the field.