What Your Texts Reveal About Your Relationship
Discover how to objectively analyze your couple's WhatsApp conversations: key indicators, conflict patterns, and response times.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Why You Can't Stop Checking Their Phone
Relationship anxiety vs anxious attachment: causes, signs, and a CBT therapist's protocol to stop the worry loop and feel secure in love.
Read the article →Anna Nicole Smith: The Little Girl Who Never Stopped Looking for a Father
In brief: Anna Nicole Smith clinically illustrates the devastating consequences of paternal absence and early parentification. Abandoned by her father and...
Read the article →Anna Nicole Smith: The Little Girl Who Never Stopped Looking for a Father
Psychological analysis of Anna Nicole Smith: Young's schemas, anxious attachment, dissociation, parentification, and parallels with Loana. A complete clinical portrait.
Read the article →Attachment Styles: The Complete Guide to Understanding Your Romantic Relationships
4 attachment styles explained: secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized. Impact on your relationships and how to evolve. Complete CBT guide.
Read the article →Absent Father: The Complete Guide to Understanding, Healing, and Breaking the Cycle
Absent father: psychological consequences, abandonment schema, impact on romantic relationships, and CBT strategies for healing. Complete guide.
Read the article →Toxic Relationship: The Complete Guide to Recognizing, Understanding, and Breaking Free
Toxic relationship: signs, psychological mechanisms (trauma bonding, gaslighting, controlling behavior) and CBT strategies to break free. Complete guide.
Read the article →Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Nobody Ever Really Saw
Psychological analysis of Marilyn Monroe: Young's schemas, anxious attachment, Norma Jeane/Marilyn dissociation, and parallels with Anna Nicole Smith and Loana.
Read the article →Marilyn Monroe: The Woman Nobody Ever Saw
Psychological analysis of Marilyn Monroe: Young's schemas, anxious attachment, Norma Jeane/Marilyn dissociation, and parallels with Anna Nicole Smith and Loana.
Read the article →Why Your Parents Still Control Your Life (Even Now)
You're forty years old with a stable career, perhaps a partner and children. Yet every time your mother calls, your stomach tightens.
Read the article →Separation and absent father: when the mother unconsciously reproduces the pattern
Why some mothers, after a separation, unconsciously organize the father's distance. CBT analysis of repetition compulsion and the transmitted abandonment schema.
Read the article →Separation and Absent Father: When Mothers Unconsciously Repeat the Pattern
Why some mothers, after separation, unconsciously organize the father's removal. CBT analysis of repetition compulsion and transmitted abandonment schema.
Read the article →Why You Feel Like a Fraud (And How to Stop)
Imposter syndrome affects 70% of people at least once. Discover the 5 imposter profiles and CBT techniques to break free from it.
Read the article →Stop Dreading Valentine's Day — Here's Why You're Fine Alone
Shop windows are filling up with hearts. Instagram is overflowing with bouquets of roses and declarations in stories.
Read the article →After a Breakup: 13 Behaviors You'll Regret
Ghosting, stalking, self-medication, isolation, violence: discover the 13 harmful behaviors after a romantic breakup, their escalation signs and...
Read the article →Do You Feel Everything Too Much? 15 Signs You're Highly Sensitive
High sensitivity affects 15 to 20% of the population. Discover the 15 key signs and how to transform this trait into a strength with CBT.
Read the article →Why You Check Their Phone (And How to Stop)
You check your partner's phone. You interpret every smile directed at someone else as a threat.
Read the article →Why You Can't Sleep When Stressed (And How to Fix It)
It's 2:47 a.m. You stare at the ceiling. Your mind spins in circles: work problems, yesterday's conflict, tomorrow's to-do list.
Read the article →Know Yourself in 5 Minutes: The Personality Test That Actually Works
The Big Five (OCEAN) model is the most scientifically validated personality test. Discover your 5 key dimensions and their impact on your relationships.
Read the article →Toxic Family at Christmas? Here's How to Cope
Christmas is supposed to be a time of warmth, sharing, and rediscovered joy.
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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