{"id":15402,"date":"2025-02-05T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepctr2025dev.wpengine.com\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=15402"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:29:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:29:25","slug":"melanie-armelin","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/melanie-armelin\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Armelin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--person\">\n\t<div class=\"person-block idf-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"person-block-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"person-block-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_person_placeholder_480.jpg\" alt=\"A gray silhouette of a person on a light gray background, typically used as a placeholder for a profile picture.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person-block-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"article-h1\">Melanie Armelin<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">MA<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Psychometrist<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"person-block-contact\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/treatment\/services-clinics\/psychology\/\" class=\"wp-element-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Psychology Team &amp; Services<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"idf-block text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Melanie Armelin, MA, has been with Shepherd Center since 2022 and serves as a Psychometrist.<\/p>\n<h2>Education and training<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Southern University Agriculture and Mechanical College<\/strong><br \/>\nMaster of Arts, Mental Health Counseling, 1997<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern University Agriculture and Mechanical College<\/strong><br \/>\nBachelor of Science, Rehabilitation Psychology, 1990<\/p>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Melanie Armelin joined Shepherd Center in 2022 and brings a background in mental health counseling and rehabilitation psychology. 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