Jill Mellick

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Jill Mellick
Born
Australia
NationalityAustralia-United States
Occupation(s)Psychologist, author, artist
Website http://www.jillmellick.com/

Jill Mellick was a Jungian-oriented clinical psychologist, [1] expressive arts therapist, researcher and author; and a founding member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA). [2] [3]

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In 2019, the OPUS Archives, at Pacifica Graduate Institute, in California, added The Jill Mellick Collection [2] to their archives, which house the collections of Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, James Hillman, Marion Woodman, and other prominent scholars in the fields of depth psychology, mythology and the humanities. [4]

Biography

Raised in Australia, Mellick graduated from Somerville House in 1965 and completed her first degree in English language and literature at the University of Queensland. [5]

She developed graduate studies in transpersonal psychology, as founder of the Creative Expression [6] philosophy program, at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP), in California (renamed Sofia University). [7] [8]

Mellick's research has included dreams, [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] creative expression [14] [15] [16] [17] for personal growth and development, Carl Jung and The Red Book, [18] [19] [20] [21] and Pueblo Indian art and artists. [22] [23] [24]

Mellick and Marion Woodman collaborated across several decades, starting in the 1990s; they led retreats [25] and co-authored publications. [26] [27]

Dr. Jill Mellick passed away on December 20, 2022.

Notable publications

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