Eco-anxiety and climate anxiety: understanding and managing environmental anxiety
Eco-anxiety, solastalgia, ecological mourning: understanding climate anxiety and 8 CBT strategies to transform anxiety into action.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Attachment Styles: The Complete Guide to Understanding Your Relationship Patterns
Discover the 4 attachment styles, how they form in childhood, how they shape your relationships, and evidence-based strategies to become more secure.
Read the article →Emotional Dependency: Understanding Why You Can't Let Go and How to Break Free
Understand emotional dependency: 10 signs, attachment theory roots, the CBT 5-step recovery plan, and practical exercises to reclaim your autonomy.
Read the article →7 CBT Exercises to Heal the Absent Father Wound
7 concrete CBT exercises to heal the wound of the absent father: cognitive restructuring, therapeutic letter, reparenting and more.
Read the article →The Psychology of Ghosting: Why People Disappear and How to Heal
Why do people ghost? Understand the 5 psychological reasons, the impact on mental health, attachment style connections, and CBT strategies to heal.
Read the article →The psychological impact of streaming media in times of war
Doomscrolling, vicarious PTSD, hypervigilance: how streaming media affects your mental health in war. CBT Solutions.
Read the article →Loana — Burned by the Light: Why This Book
Discover the book Loana — Burned by the Light. 15,000 words of psychological analysis. Ebook 7.99 EUR. Free excerpt.
Read the article →Narcissistic Abuse Recovery: A Psychologist's Complete Guide to Healing
Recover from narcissistic abuse with this complete guide: trauma bonding, gaslighting, no contact, the 5 recovery stages, and CBT healing strategies.
Read the article →Absent father and adolescence: the silent identity crisis
Absent father during adolescence: identity crisis, risky behaviors and CBT strategies to support adolescents in search of bearings.
Read the article →Absent father: 5 testimonies of reconstruction and resilience
5 testimonies from people who grew up without a father: injury, awareness and reconstruction. TCC analysis of each course.
Read the article →Fear of Abandonment: Where It Comes From and How to Break Free
Fear of abandonment: childhood origins, Young's schemas, anxious attachment. Concrete CBT exercises to break free.
Read the article →Why Do I Stay With Someone Who Hurts Me
5 neurochemical and psychological reasons that explain why we stay in toxic relationships, and 3 concrete steps to get out.
Read the article →Collective resilience in the face of geopolitical crises: psychological strategies
Collective resilience in times of geopolitical crisis: understanding collective stress and adopting concrete psychological strategies to survive.
Read the article →Men's mental health: breaking the taboo, finding solutions
Men's mental health: why men consult less, signs of male depression and adapted CBT strategies. Break the silence.
Read the article →Toxic Relationships: How to Recognize, Survive, and Recover — Complete Guide
A complete guide to toxic relationships: 10 warning signs, types of toxicity, why you stay, how to leave safely, and CBT-based recovery strategies.
Read the article →Workaholism: Breaking Free from Work Addiction with CBT
Discover how to identify and treat work addiction using scientifically validated cognitive and behavioral therapies.
Read the article →Generalized Anxiety: Breaking Free from the Cycle of Chronic Worry
How to treat generalized anxiety and chronic worry? Discover scientifically validated CBT approaches.
Read the article →Alexithymia: Understanding and Overcoming the Difficulty in Identifying Emotions
Alexithymia affects 10% of the population. Discover the signs, mechanisms and CBT techniques to better identify and express your emotions.
Read the article →Absent Father Effect: How It Shapes Your Relationships
Absent father effect on adult relationships: attachment wounds, partner choices, and CBT strategies to heal the father wound and love differently.
Read the article →Chronic Guilt: Why You Always Feel Guilty
You wake up in the morning and, before you even have your coffee, a small voice whispers: 'You should have...' You haven't done anything wrong, but this feeling
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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