Cacky Mellor

Dr. Cacky Mellor, PhD is Visiting Assistant Professor at Lesley University and has a remote somatic private practice, Somatic Reclamation. She earned her PhD in depth psychology with an emphasis in somatic studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dr. Cacky was awarded the 2022 Peter A. Levine Research Award for dissertation leadership for her doctoral work titled, “Somatic reclamation: Exploring the lived experience of word woundings.”

Dr. Cacky has cultivated a diverse somatic toolkit to support clients on their healing journey. She is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, Somatic Experiencing© Practitioner, and RYT-500. Dr. Cacky is also a nondenominational reverend. She finds great joy in foregrounding somatics, mindfulness, and spirituality to support community building and belong in every space she walks into.

Her current scholarship is centered around the internalization of language, narrative, and trauma on a somatic level and how it affects the biopsychosocial continuum. She is passionate about the arts, somatics, social justice, and intergenerational healing.

She lives in Boston with her beloved partner and cat.