OBITUARY –
May 9, 2025 – For more than four decades, Pia Mellody helped reshape the field of behavioral health. As one of the original architects of a new clinical model, she developed groundbreaking frameworks for identifying and healing childhood trauma, love addiction, and codependency. Her approach became a cornerstone of modern recovery treatment, influencing thousands of clinicians and transforming the lives of patients across the globe.
Beyond her public work, Pia was devoted to her spiritual life and her family. Her children remember her not only as a public healer, but as a wise, vibrant, and fiercely loving mother and grandmother. To them, she was simply “Mom.”
Pia Mellody is survived by her four children, thirteen grandchildren, and two sisters. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Jane, and her brother, Pete.
In accordance with her wishes, memorial gifts may be directed to the Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Paramahansa Yogananda, whose teachings profoundly shaped her life.
