Jill Mellick

Jill Mellick
Born
Australia
NationalityAustralia-United States
Occupation(s)Psychologist, author, artist
Websitehttp://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]

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

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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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  • The Red Book Hours: Discovering C.G. Jung’s Art Mediums and Creative Process. Zürich: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2018. ISBN 9783858818164
  • “Matter and Method in The Red Book: Selected Findings,” in The Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung, The Art of C. G. Jung. New York: W. W. Norton Inc., 2018. ISBN 9780393254877
  • The Art of Dreaming: Tools for Creative Dream Work. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 2001. ISBN 9781609253325
  • Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman’s Body and Soul (co-authored with Marion Woodman) Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 1998. ISBN 9781573241007
  • The Natural Artistry of Dreams: Creative Ways to Bring the Wisdom of Dreams to Waking Life. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press, 1996. ISBN 9780809560585
  • The Worlds of P’otsunu: Geronima Cruz Montoya of San Pueblo (co-authored with Jeanne Shutes). Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. (Japanese edition 2004, trans. Asayo Iino.) ISBN 9780826316431
  • Treating the Alcoholic: A Developmental Model of Recovery (co-edited with Stephanie Brown). New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1985 (1st ed.). ISBN 9780471817369

References

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  1. ^ Florsheim, Lane (2021). "The Surprising Way Nike CEO John Donahoe Starts His Day". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ a b "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.
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