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. [28]

Notable publications

References

  1. Florsheim, Lane (2021). "The Surprising Way Nike CEO John Donahoe Starts His Day". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. 1 2 "OPUS Archives, "The Jill Mellick Collection"". Opus Archives and Research Center.
  3. "Affiliates". Transpersonal Alliance.
  4. "Opus Archive and Research Center". Pacifica Graduate Institute.
  5. "Libraries Australia Authorities". National Library of Australia.
  6. "2017 Creative Expression Winners Announced!". The Transpersonal Alliance.
  7. "A Transformative History". Sofia University.
  8. Judy, Dwight H. & Robert Schmitt (1989). "Graduate programs: The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology". The Humanistic Psychologist. 17 (3). doi:10.1080/08873267.1989.9976861.
  9. Bogzaran, Fariba & Daniel Deslauriers (2012). Integral Dreaming: A Holistic Approach to Dreams. State University of New York Press. ISBN   9781438442372.
  10. Wertz, Frederick J.; Kathy Charmaz; Linda M. McMullen; Ruthellen Josselson; Rosemarie Anderson & Emalinda McSpadden (2011). Five Ways of Doing Qualitative Analysis: Phenomenological Psychology, Grounded Theory, Discourse Analysis, Narrative Research, and Intuitive Inquiry. Guilford Press. ISBN   9781609181420.
  11. Bloch, Stephan & Loray Daws (2015). Living Moments: On the Work of Michael Eigen. Routledge. ISBN   9781780491844.
  12. Reeves, Paula M. & Marion Woodman (1999). Women's Intuition: Unlocking the Wisdom of Your Body. Conari Press. ISBN   1573241563.
  13. Wilmer, Harry (2000). Quest for Silence. Daimon Verlag. ISBN   3856305939.
  14. Mellick, Jill (2019). "Piercing the Mundane: The Role of Creative Expression in Transpersonal Psychology". The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 50 (2): 144–159 via Association for Transpersonal Psychology.
  15. Matthews, Pam (2001). "Evoking The Muse". Library Journal. 126 (13): 140.
  16. Anderson, Rosemarie & William Braud (2011). Transforming Self and Others Through Research: Transpersonal Research Methods and Skills for the Human Sciences and Humanities. State University of New York Press. ISBN   9781438436722.
  17. Myers, Tona Pearce, ed. (1999). The Soul of Creativity: Insights into the Creative Process. New World Library. ISBN   1577310772.
  18. Geller, Janice (2019). ""The red book hours: Discovering C.G. Jung's art mediums and creative process"" (PDF). Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 51 (1): 124–127.
  19. Azevedo, Lucia (August 2019). ""The Red Book Through New Eyes"" . Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche. 13 (3): 179–187. doi:10.1080/19342039.2019.1636616. S2CID   203266853.
  20. Riem, Antonella (Spring 2020). "Alchemical Rubedo in Jill Mellick's 'The Red Book Hours': Ecosophy on the Spirit'". Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies. 7, Issue. 1, Article 8.
  21. D’Agostini, Marco (November 2019). "Jill Mellick's The Red Book Hours: A Creative Dialogue with Carl Gustav Jung's Work". Le Simplegadi. XVII-No. 19: 264–273. doi:10.17456/SIMPLE-143. hdl: 11390/1196846 . S2CID   214085343.
  22. Shutes, Jeanne & Jill Mellick (1996). The Worlds of P'otsunu: Geronima Cruz Montoya of San Pueblo. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press (Japanese edition 2004, trans. Asayo Iino). ISBN   9780826316431.
  23. Bloom, John (2000). To Show What an Indian Can Do: Sports at Native American Boarding Schools. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN   9780816636525.
  24. Lobo, Susan & Steve Talbot (2018). Native American Voices (3rd ed.). Routledge. ISBN   9781138356887.
  25. Mellick, Jill (2006). "To Cross the Great Water: A Conversation with Marion Woodman". The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal. 25 (2). doi:10.1525/jung.1.2006.25.2.66. JSTOR   10.1525/jung.1.2006.25.2.66.
  26. Woodman, Marion & Jill Mellick (1993). Emily Dickinson and the Daemon Lover [audio]. Louisville, CO: Sounds True. ISBN   156455256X.
  27. Woodman, Marion & Jill Mellick (1998). Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul. Conari Press. ISBN   9781573241007.
  28. "Jill Mellick Obituary (1948–2022)". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2024.