OCD Compulsions Test: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
This test assesses the different forms of compulsions: checking rituals, washing and contamination, ordering and symmetry, counting and repetition.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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OCD Obsessions Test: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
This test assesses the different forms of obsessional thinking: mental intrusions, pathological doubt, need for control and obsessional guilt.
Read the article →Overall Development Assessment: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
A comprehensive 100-question assessment exploring every facet of your personal development, for a panoramic view of your strengths and growth areas.
Read the article →Overcoming Phobia: Your Fear Hierarchy for a Serene Life
Discover how tests and the fear hierarchy in CBT can help you understand and overcome your specific phobias. A complete guide by a psychopractitioner.
Read the article →Panic Disorder Test: what it measures and how to read your score
This test assesses the different facets of panic disorder: attack frequency, symptom intensity, associated agoraphobia and bodily hypervigilance.
Read the article →Panic Disorder Test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
This test evaluates the different facets of panic disorder: frequency of attacks, symptom intensity, associated agoraphobia, and bodily hypervigilance.
Read the article →Paranoid Personality: Signs, Test, and the Line With Ordinary Distrust
Paranoid personality (DSM-5 cluster A): signs, reference scales, and the line with normal distrust. A test to explore your tendencies — not a diagnosis.
Read the article →Paranoid Personality Test: What It Measures and How to Read It
A test to identify paranoid personality traits (mistrust, hypervigilance, grudge-holding), inspired by the DSM-5 and by paranoia scales.
Read the article →Parentification Test: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
Measure the impact of the parent-child role reversal on your adult life.
Read the article →Parentification test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
Measure the impact of parent-child role reversal on your adult life.
Read the article →Pathological Perfectionism Test: What It Measures and How to Read It
This test assesses pathological perfectionism across four dimensions: unrealistic standards, fear of mistakes, perfectionist procrastination and self-criticism.
Read the article →Perfectionism Test: What It Measures and How to Interpret Your Score
Examine your relationship with perfectionism across four dimensions: personal standards, fear of mistakes, doubts and social pressure.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses key dimensions of performance anxiety: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and social comparison tendencies.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses performance anxiety dimensions: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and social comparison tendencies.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses performance anxiety dimensions: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and social comparison tendencies.
Read the article →Performance Anxiety Test: what it measures and how to interpret your score
This test evaluates the dimensions of performance anxiety: pressure to succeed, fear of failure, anxious procrastination, and tendency toward social comparison.
Read the article →Personal Leadership Test: What It Measures and How to Read Your Score
A test to measure your personal leadership through vision, influence, decision-making and responsibility.
Read the article →Personality Disorders: Understanding the DSM-5's 10 Types Without Labeling
The DSM-5's 10 personality disorders (clusters A, B, C) explained simply. The difference between having traits and having a disorder — and why it changes everything.
Read the article →PTSD Test: What It Measures and How to Interpret Your Score
This test assesses the signs of post-traumatic stress: re-experiencing, avoidance, hyperarousal and negative trauma-related cognitions.
Read the article →Preemptive Abandonment: When Fear Drives You Away
Explore preemptive abandonment—a self-protective pattern rooted in fear of rejection. Discover CBT strategies to break this cycle and build secure relationships.
Read the article →Over 2100 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog offers over 2100 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT psychotherapist. Each article is based on validated psychological models (Gottman, Young, attachment theory, CBT) to provide concrete keys to understanding.
Couple communication — Gottman's 4 horsemen, the 5:1 ratio, stonewalling, NVC
Attachment — Anxious, avoidant, disorganized styles, path to secure attachment
Emotional dependency — The 10 signs, self-assessment tests, CBT strategies
Ghosting & dating — Ghosting, breadcrumbing, curving, orbiting, zombieing
Manipulation — Gaslighting, control, narcissistic pervert, psychological violence
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiving, trauma bonding, reconstruction
Anxiety & stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological jealousy, retrospective, social media
Breakup & grief — The 7 stages, no contact, relationship PTSD
Couple & cohabitation — Moving in, arguments, libido, mental load
Parenting — Parental alienation, co-parenting, blended family
Young's schemas — 18 early schemas, cognitive distortions
Dating apps — Mental health impact, paradox of choice, dating fatigue
Mental health — When to consult, online therapy, CBT vs EMDR