Depression and Anxiety After Retirement
Understanding the senior identity crisis after retirement. Depression, anxiety, loss of purpose and CBT strategies to rebuild meaning.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Seasonal Depression: When Winter Weighs You Down
Seasonal depression: why winter affects you and validated solutions including light therapy, CBT, and behavioral activation.
Read the article →Depression in Seniors: Understanding the Geriatric Scale
Discover the Geriatric Depression Scale for assessing senior mental health. Validated tools and practical advice.
Read the article →Pet Loss Grief: Why It Hurts So Much
Pet loss grief: understanding this legitimate pain and navigating the loss. CBT approach and practical exercises by a psychopractitioner.
Read the article →Chronic Pain and Mental Health: Breaking Free
Chronic pain and mental health: understanding the vicious circle and breaking free. Fibromyalgia, migraines, CBT for pain management.
Read the article →Emotional Dysregulation: Why Your Emotions Overflow
Emotional dysregulation: why your emotions overflow. Linehan's DBT, CBT, regulation techniques. A practitioner's complete guide.
Read the article →Therapeutic Writing: 10 Journaling Exercises
Therapeutic writing: 10 journaling exercises for mental health. Pennebaker, Beck's columns, gratitude journal, and more.
Read the article →Inner Child and Reparenting in Therapy
Healing your inner child: limited reparenting in Young's schema therapy. Understanding modes, repairing childhood wounds in CBT.
Read the article →Children and Screens: A Guide to Healthy Limits
Children and screens: how to set healthy limits without conflict. Age-based guidelines, warning signs, and CBT strategies for parents.
Read the article →Progressive Exposure: A CBT Protocol for Overcoming Phobias
Discover the progressive exposure protocol in CBT for effectively treating your phobias. A complete guide with practical exercises.
Read the article →Decision Fatigue: Too Exhausted to Choose
Understand decision fatigue: Baumeister's model, cognitive load, and CBT strategies to regain clarity and make better choices.
Read the article →Empathic Fatigue: When Feeling Too Much
Empathic fatigue: when feeling others' emotions too much leads to exhaustion. Hypersensitivity, caregivers, CBT regulation.
Read the article →Gratitude: 5 Evidence-Based Psychology Exercises
Gratitude in positive psychology: 5 scientifically validated exercises to improve well-being. Emmons studies, limitations and practical guide.
Read the article →Workplace Bullying: Recognize and Protect
Workplace bullying: signs, documentation, legal protection and CBT support. A comprehensive guide to recognizing and taking action.
Read the article →Giftedness: Are You Really Gifted? Facts
Giftedness and high IQ: what science really says. Separating popular myths from clinical data. Critical and nuanced analysis.
Read the article →Therapeutic Hypnosis: How It Works vs CBT
Therapeutic hypnosis: how it works, differences with CBT, indications and limits. A comprehensive guide by a psychopractitioner.
Read the article →Generalized Anxiety: Living with GAD
Do you worry about everything? Discover GAD, its mechanisms, and proven CBT strategies to regain control of your anxious thoughts.
Read the article →Micro-Aggressions: Invisible Violence That Erodes
Micro-aggressions are subtle forms of violence that destroy self-esteem. Understand their mechanisms and protect yourself with CBT.
Read the article →Misophonia: When Sounds Become Unbearable
Misophonia: why certain sounds drive you crazy and how to regain control through CBT, graduated exposure, and emotional regulation.
Read the article →Somatic Experiencing: Healing Trauma Through the Body
Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing: healing trauma through the body. CBT integration, titration, pendulation. Complete guide.
Read the article →Over 190 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog offers over 190 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT psychotherapist in Nantes. 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
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