Retroactive Jealousy: Stop Obsessing Over Their Ex
Retroactive jealousy is fixating on your partner's past relationships. Understand why the thoughts feel compulsive and 5 CBT ways to quiet them for good.
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Stop Instagram Stalking: Why You Do It & How to Quit
Understand why you stalk Instagram and learn effective CBT strategies to stop this behavior. Reclaim your peace and improve your relationships today.
Read the article →Why You Stalk Their Instagram (And How to Stop)
Can't stop checking your partner's Instagram? Understand the anxiety driving it and use 5 CBT strategies to quit stalking and rebuild trust.
Read the article →Jealousy Loop: 10 Proven Ways to Break the Cycle
Stuck in a jealousy loop? Learn how obsessive checking and doubt feed each other, plus 10 evidence-based CBT fixes to calm your mind and rebuild trust.
Read the article →Stop the Jealousy Spiral: 10 Proven Fixes for Lasting Change
Break free from excessive jealousy with 10 proven, step-by-step fixes based on CBT. Learn to stop the jealousy spiral and build healthier relationships.
Read the article →Jealousy: 5 Steps to Stop Checking Their Phone & Rebuild Trust
You check their phone the moment they leave the room. You analyze every like on their social media. You interrogate, you search, you demand proofs of...
Read the article →Why You Snoop on Your Partner: 5 Steps to Stop
Can't resist checking your partner's phone? Understand why you snoop and learn 5 CBT steps to calm unhealthy jealousy and rebuild trust in yourself.
Read the article →Love Addiction: 5 Steps to Break Free & Build Healthy Love
Struggling with love addiction? Discover effective strategies to understand dependency patterns and build healthier, lasting relationships. Learn to break free.
Read the article →Savior's Trap: Help Loved Ones Without Drowning in Their Needs
Navigate the Savior's Trap effectively. Learn to support loved ones with emotional dependency while protecting your own well-being and setting healthy boundaries.
Read the article →When a Loved One's Needs Drown You: How to Set Limits
Is someone's emotional dependency becoming your burden? Learn why you feel responsible, how to set boundaries, and how to support them without drowning.
Read the article →Emotional Dependency: 20 Questions to Assess Your Patterns
Assess your emotional dependency with 20 questions based on clinical psychology and CBT. Understand your attachment patterns and gain clarity.
Read the article →Are You Too Dependent? Take Our 20-Question Test Now
Discover your emotional dependency level with our 20-question test based on clinical psychology and CBT. Gain clarity and insight into your relationship patterns.
Read the article →7 Signs of Emotional Dependency & How to Break Free
Discover the 7 signs of emotional dependency and CBT strategies to break free, build healthier relationships, and reclaim your emotional autonomy.
Read the article →Emotional Dependency: 7 Signs You're Losing Yourself in Love
Recognize the 7 signs of emotional dependency in relationships. Understand this relational pattern and learn strategies to regain your sense of self.
Read the article →Why You Can't Stop Needing Them: 7 Signs & How to Heal
Can't stop needing your partner? Recognize the 7 signs of emotional dependency and follow a CBT-based path to break free and rebuild your sense of self.
Read the article →Anxious Attachment: Why Your Brain Craves Them
Can't stop needing your partner? Anxious attachment wired in childhood turns love into craving. Learn the brain science and how to rewire toward security.
Read the article →Emotional Dependency: Break Free & Reclaim Your Life
Understand emotional dependency and learn how to break free from its grip. Discover effective CBT strategies to reclaim independence and build healthier relationships.
Read the article →Why You Can't Leave (Even When You Want To)
Emotional dependency, not love, is why leaving feels impossible. Understand the psychology of the trap — and the steps to regain your autonomy and break free.
Read the article →Porn Rewires Partner Desires: 5 Ways to Reconnect
"He prefers his screen to me." "She discovered my history and she's devastated." "We make love and I have pornographic images in my head — I can't be present anymore." These sentences, I hear them with increasing frequency in consultation. Online pornography has become a couple's issue as common as money or in-laws — and just as difficult to address.
Read the article →Pornography & Sex Life: 5 Ways It Harms Intimacy & Solutions
"He prefers his screen to me." "She discovered my history and she's devastated." "We make love and I have pornographic images in my head — I can't be present anymore." These sentences, I hear them with increasing frequency in consultation. Online pornography has become a couple's issue as common as money or in-laws — and just as difficult to address.
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