Mary Pipher
Autor(a) de Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
About the Author
Mary Pipher is a therapist and clinical psychologist specializing in women, trauma, and the effects of culture on mental health. She has been called the "cultural therapist" for her generation. In addition to Reviving Ophelia, she is the author of several bestselling books, including Women Rowing mostrar mais North, Another Country, and The Shelter of Each Other. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. Sara Pipher Gilliam is a writer, editor, and global advocate for refugee families, as well as a former Fulbright Scholar and middle school English teacher. She is editor in chief of Exchange, an international magazine for early childhood professionals and educators. She lives with her family in Hamilton, Ontario. mostrar menos
Obras por Mary Pipher
Reviving Ophelia A Play (2006 Macy's New Play Prize for Young Audiences) (2006) — Autor — 3 exemplares
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Pipher, Mary
- Nome legal
- Pipher, Mary Elizabeth
- Data de nascimento
- 1947-10-21
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Springfield, Missouri, USA
- Locais de residência
- Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Educação
- University of California, Berkeley (BA | 1969 - Cultural Anthropology)
University of Nebraska (PhD | 1977 - Clinical Psychology) - Ocupações
- Psychologist
- Organizações
- American Psychological Association
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- Obras
- 20
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 5,823
- Popularidade
- #4,229
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 61
- ISBN
- 99
- Línguas
- 6
- Marcado como favorito
- 3
I am... well, not the audience for this book in more ways than one. But my book club - which I facilitate as part of my job - chose this to read, I thought it would be a good kickoff to the year. At the beginning, when she talked about transitions, I could relate. I'm entering middle age, however, and in some ways the busiest time of my life with work responsibilities, home ownership, and a growing family (in my case, nieces and nephews).
But mainly, I didn't connect with the book because it stays on the surface, talking about the attitude one should have as life changes and new challenges begin even as the busy-ness of life starts slowing down. For example, when writing about how older women can take the long view of life, she writes:
All well and good. She's not wrong, exactly, but she stays with pat sentences like that and doesn't delve into the practical ways in which one should go about taking the long view. She stays on the surface about all the topics she addresses, gives us case studies from her own lives and others' experiences, instead of telling you how to do it. And maybe, as a psychologist, that's her strength. For me as a (task-oriented) reader, though, I prefer the type of self-help book that will give me practical steps (how) and studies (why) that will show me what to do.
See, the thing is, I've been privileged to live close to family two and three generations older than me. I saw firsthand the way an adult over 60, in their retirement age but still with vitality, could experience the world as my great-grandmother continued knitting into her 90s and enjoyed seeing her grandkids for visits, and my grandparents were active gardeners and brought me along to iris society meetings and taught me about our family history while we drove the back roads. I look forward to aspects of that time in my life, even though I also like the stage I'm in now. I don't really need a feel-good book to tell me what I already know. So, it was an okay read for me. The other ladies in my book club are of the age that she describes in the book, however, and I'll be interested in hearing their perspectives.… (mais)