High-Functioning Depression: Test and Warning Signs
Discover the signs of masked depression and assess your state with scientifically validated tests.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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High-Functioning Depression: Test and Warning Signs
Discover the signs of masked depression and assess your state with scientifically validated tests.
Read the article →ADHD Compensation Strategies: Assess & Optimize Your Skills
Discover how to identify and optimize your ADHD compensation strategies using structured self-assessment and validated tools for better daily living.
Read the article →ADHD: Assess and Develop Your Compensation Strategies
Learn how to identify and optimize your ADHD compensation strategies through structured self-assessment and validated tools.
Read the article →Couple Communication: Gottman Exercises to Reconnect
Discover Gottman exercises to improve your couple communication. Scientifically validated techniques and practical advice.
Read the article →DARVO Meaning and Research: Deny, Attack, Reverse Roles
What does DARVO mean? Explore its origins in Jennifer Freyd’s work, the three components, research references and limits of interpretation.
Read the article →DARVO Questionnaire: Reflection Questions and Related Tests
Explore DARVO with 10 reflection questions. Understand the limits of this checklist and choose a related gaslighting or manipulation self-assessment.
Read the article →DARVO Phrases and Text-Message Examples: What to Look For
Explore DARVO phrases and text-message examples, compare them with ordinary disagreement, and learn why the full conversation matters.
Read the article →DARVO: A Test to Recognize This Manipulation Strategy
Recognize DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) in someone close: 10 self-assessment questions, 3 concrete examples, and psychological tests to dig deeper.
Read the article →Polyamory: Understanding the Psychological Risks
Explore the psychological challenges of polyamory: jealousy, self-esteem, anxiety. A complete guide to better understand these relationships.
Read the article →Boost Your Social Confidence: A Self-Assessment & CBT Guide
Discover your social confidence level with validated tools. Explore tests, practical tips, and effective solutions to enhance your social ease.
Read the article →Couple Crisis After Baby: Therapeutic Support
How to overcome couple crises after the arrival of a baby? Therapeutic solutions and advice from a CBT psychopractitioner.
Read the article →Self-Confidence Test: Assess Your Social Ease
Discover your level of confidence in social situations with validated tools. Tests, advice, and practical solutions to develop your ease.
Read the article →Social Confidence Test: Assess Your Ease in Social Situations
Discover your level of confidence in social situations with validated tools. Tests, advice, and practical solutions to develop your social ease.
Read the article →Stress & Couple's Sex Life: CBT Solutions for Intimacy
Explore how stress impacts couple intimacy. Discover CBT solutions and practical strategies to restore a fulfilling and connected sex life in your relationship.
Read the article →Are You Ready to Love Again After Trauma? 24-Question Test
As a CBT psychopractitioner, I often see people who, after a particularly painful breakup, feel both eager to love again and terrified of reliving it.
Read the article →Ready for a New Relationship After Trauma? 24 Questions, 5 Clinical Criteria
As Gildas Garrec, a CBT psychotherapist, I often meet people who, after a painful breakup, feel both eager for love and terrified of reliving it.
Read the article →Relational Perfectionism and the Phantom Exes (Amir Levine)
How relational perfectionism and the phantom ex (Amir Levine, Attached 2010) sabotage couples: idealized composite of exes, maternal and paternal roots, and CBT protocol to free oneself from it.
Read the article →Relational Perfectionism and the Phantom Ex Composites (Amir Levine)
How relational perfectionism and the phantom ex (Amir Levine, Attached 2010) sabotage couples: idealized composite of exes, maternal and paternal roots, and CBT protocol to break free.
Read the article →Inside the Godfather's Mind: What Psychology Reveals About Crime Bosses
Discover 'Inside the Godfather's Mind': a clinical analysis of 12 real-life mob bosses and 5 fictional ones through the DSM-5 and PCL-R. 19 forms of organized crime decoded.
Read the article →Over 2300 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog offers over 2300 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT Psychopractitioner. 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