{"id":15441,"date":"2025-02-07T16:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shepctr2025dev.wpengine.com\/?post_type=idfive-person&#038;p=15441"},"modified":"2025-02-10T18:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T23:18:59","slug":"morgan-saunders","status":"publish","type":"idfive-person","link":"https:\/\/shepherd.org\/staff-directory\/morgan-saunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Saunders"},"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\">Morgan Saunders<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"person-block-info__title\">BS, CSP<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lead 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<li class=\"address\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-ICON_Location\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<address>Shepherd Center Main Campus<\/address>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\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>Morgan Saunders, BS, CSP, has been with Shepherd Center since 2022 and is the Lead Psychometrist.<\/p>\n<h2>Education and training<\/h2>\n<p>University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 2019<\/p>\n<h2>Certifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Certified Specialist in Psychometry (CSP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About<\/h2>\n<p>Morgan Saunders is the Lead Psychometrist at Shepherd Center, where she brings empathy and encouragement to her work with patients. 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