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in 1969 and a PhD in

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in 1977. She was a Rockefeller Scholar in Residence at Bellagio in 2001. She received two

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Presidential Citations. She returned the one she received in 2006 as a protest against the APA's acknowledgment that some of its members participate in controversial interrogation techniques at

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s". Pipher participates actively in Nebraska state legislature and voices her opinion through letters to the editor of the ''

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''. She wrote an essay for ''The New York Times'' about the difficulty of Nebraska's mixed political views and need for more progressive politicians. She strongly opposes the

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." she resides in

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''Reviving Ophelia''

Pipher is best known for a book she wrote in 1994, introducing the terms Ophelia complex or Ophelia syndrome, in '' Reviving Ophelia''. There she argued for a view of

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's character of

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as lacking inner direction, and externally defined by men; and suggested that similar external pressures were currently faced by post-pubescent girls. The danger of the Ophelia syndrome was that of abandoning a rooted childhood self, for an apparently more sophisticated but over-externalized facade self. ''Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls'' is a revised and updated book co-written with Dr. Pipher's daughter, Sara Gilliam.

Selected works

*''Another Country: Navigating the Emotional Terrain of Our Elders'' *''Letters to a Young Therapist'' *''The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to our Town'' *'' Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls'' (1994, 2019) ''

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'' best seller for over three years *''The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families to Enrich Our Lives'' (1997) ''New York Times'' best seller *''Writing to Change the World'' (2006) *''Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World'' (2009) *''The Green Boat: Reviving Ourselves in our Capsized Culture'' (2013) *''Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age'' (2019) *''A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence'' (2022)

References

External links

The Official Website of Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
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