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.^[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.

• 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