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 Guantánamo Bay and at US "black sites".
[4] Pipher participates actively in Nebraska state legislature and voices her opinion through letters to the editor of the Lincoln Journal Star.
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 Keystone XL Pipeline[5] and supported the Nebraska Legislative Bill 802, the purpose of which was to create a state task force to combat climate change, calling it "an opportunity to educate and work through problems relating to climate change.
[10] 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.