Ellison Capers Mitchell

Background

Mitchell, Ellison Capers was born on July 18, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. Son of Ellison Capers and Sara Kathryn (Brown) Mitchell.

Education

Bachelor, Duke U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tennessee, 1974.

Career

Clinical intern, San Fernando Valley Guidance Clinic, Van Nuys, California, 1970-1971; Gestalt therapy trainee, Gestalt Therapy Institute Los Angeles, 1970-1971; director, Quiet Thunder Camp, Starke, Florida, 1976; co-founder, senior partner, Center for Psychology and Counseling, Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1976. Psychotherapist St. Mary's Medical Center, Knoxville, 1984-1985. Founding director Gestalt Center South, Knoxville, since 1974.

Director co-dependency program U. Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, 1988-1990. Consultant Vietnam Veterans Center, Knoxville, 1986-1987. Adjunct Professor U. Tennessee 1974-1981.

Founder Society for Creative Expression, Inc., 1987.

Achievements

• Ellison Capers Mitchell has been listed as a noteworthy Psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Tennessee Children's Dance Ensemble, Knoxville, 1983-1985. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1963-1966. Member Health Confs. Association, Inc.

(president 1988, board directors since 1987), American Psychological Association, Tennessee Psychological Association.

Interests

• Avocations: writing, travel, Jungian psychology.

Connections

Married Lucy Oakley, May 7,1977. 1 child, Kristine Marie Sumner.

Father:

Ellison Capers Mitchell

Mother:

Sara Kathryn (Brown) Mitchell

Spouse:

Lucy Oakley

child:

Kristine Marie Sumner Mitchell