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] 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.
[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.