What is the author's style in Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher?

The format of the book is fairly simple. The book is comprised of a preface and fifteen chapters. Most of the chapters discuss one of the major forces affecting the lives of young adolescent women. An entire chapter is dedicated to divorce. One chapter discusses mothers, and the next covers fathers. Most of the information is presented in the form of patient case histories. Dr. Pipher usually summarizes each chapter, but not always, so occasionally the reader is left wondering what conclusions they should draw from the last case study.