The Shame That Won't Let Go: How to Break Free
Learn how to identify and treat toxic shame with CBT. A practical guide by a CBT psychopractitioner in Nantes.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Do You Have Constant Worry? Here's How Doctors Know
Discover the diagnostic criteria for GAD according to DSM-5. Recognizing symptoms to better understand and take action.
Read the article →The Bullying Scars Nobody Talks About
The psychological consequences of school bullying explained by a CBT psychopractitioner. Mechanisms, symptoms, and therapeutic solutions.
Read the article →How Parenting Kills Your Marriage (And How to Save It)
Discover how to balance your parental roles while preserving your couple's relationship through CBT techniques.
Read the article →Do You Have Adult ADHD? The ASRS Test Explained
Learn how to interpret the ASRS test for detecting adult ADHD. Complete guide with concrete examples and recommendations.
Read the article →When Your Teen Spirals: Don't Let It Kill Your Marriage
Is your teenager's crisis putting strain on your relationship? Discover how to preserve your couple while supporting your adolescent.
Read the article →Does Winter Make You Depressed? Take This Test
Validated tests for diagnosing seasonal depression. Scientific assessments and reliable self-diagnostic tools.
Read the article →Surviving Divorce: How Psychology Saves Your Sanity
Psychological support during divorce: managing emotions, protecting children, and navigating mediation with serenity.
Read the article →Does He Actually Love You? Read His Texts
8 concrete psychological indicators to know if he loves you through his messages: initiation, emotional depth, vulnerability.
Read the article →When Your Texts Say Everything (And Nothing at All)
Your couple no longer communicates? Discover the 5 stages of degradation visible in your messages and how to reverse the trend.
Read the article →Why Your Ex Still Texts You (What It Really Means)
Understanding your ex's messages: breadcrumbing, orbiting, genuine reconnection. A psychological guide to decoding their intentions.
Read the article →What Your Last Messages Say About Getting Ghosted
Ghosting: analyze your last messages to understand the warning signs and the psychological profiles of the ghoster.
Read the article →The Texts That Are Messing With Your Head
Discover the 6 techniques of emotional manipulation in messages: gaslighting, guilt-tripping, love bombing, triangulation, and DARVO.
Read the article →Stop Letting Passive-Aggressive Texts Destroy Your Relationship
Passive-aggressive by text? 7 common forms (OK., the ..., the silent treatment) and how to respond using NVC. Complete guide.
Read the article →When He Goes Silent: What His Ghosting Really Means
My boyfriend doesn't respond to my messages anymore? Psychological analysis of silences: avoidant attachment, cognitive overload, loss of interest.
Read the article →What Your Texts Reveal About a Toxic Relationship
Discover 10 concrete red flags in your texts: textual gaslighting, response time control, double standards. Gottman analysis.
Read the article →Why Your Partner Won't Talk (And What It Really Means)
Silent treatment in couples: understand the 3 types, analyze your conversations, and distinguish healthy withdrawal from manipulation.
Read the article →Why You're Obsessed With Their Text Response Time
Message response time in couples: what research says, the 4 responder profiles, and why timing is toxic.
Read the article →Decode Your Relationship Through Your Texts
Learn how to analyze your couple's messages to understand hidden relational dynamics. Response times, length, emojis: what your texts really reveal.
Read the article →When Your Partner Won't Talk: 5 Ways to Reconnect
Your couple is going through a communication crisis? Discover 5 concrete steps based on psychological research to restore dialogue and save your relationship.
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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