Sexual Vulnerability: 5 Ways to Build Safety in Couples
Why does true intimacy require feeling safe? How sexual vulnerability and emotional safety work — and 5 practical ways to deepen trust with your partner.
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Articles on relationship psychology, CBT, well-being and personal development.
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Sleep Disorders: Understanding Nightmares & Hypersomnia
Explore common sleep disorders like nightmares and hypersomnia. Learn how CBT therapy can help you achieve restful sleep and improve your mental well-being.
Read the article →Somatic Experiencing: Heal Trauma & Calm Your Nervous System
Discover how Somatic Experiencing helps heal trauma by releasing trapped energy in the body. Learn its benefits for a calmer nervous system.
Read the article →Sex Talk: 5 Steps to Deeper Sexual Intimacy & Connection
Learn how to have the sex talk your relationship needs. Cultivate sexual vulnerability in a safe space to strengthen couple intimacy today.
Read the article →Therapeutic Hypnosis vs. CBT: How Both Therapies Work
Explore therapeutic hypnosis and CBT to understand their differences and how each approach can help you achieve your mental health goals.
Read the article →Therapeutic Writing: 10 Journaling Exercises for Healing
10 therapeutic writing exercises grounded in CBT. Structured journaling prompts to process emotions, quiet anxiety, and support your mental health.
Read the article →TikTok Self-Diagnosis: 5 Risks of Skipping Real Therapy
When social media replaces therapy: the 5 risks of TikTok self-diagnosis for mental health, why it misleads, and when to trust a professional instead.
Read the article →Video Game Addiction: 7 Signs & How to Recover
Is gaming taking over your life? Recognize 7 signs of video game addiction in teens and adults, and discover CBT strategies that actually aid recovery.
Read the article →Geriatric Depression: Why Seniors Stop Smiling & How to Help
Understand geriatric depression, its signs, and how the Geriatric Depression Scale helps identify it. Learn to support seniors experiencing depressive symptoms.
Read the article →Workplace Bullying: Recognize & Protect Yourself Now
Recognize the subtle signs of workplace bullying and learn effective CBT strategies to protect your well-being. Empower yourself against mistreatment.
Read the article →Adult Separation Anxiety Test: Assess Your Symptoms Today
Concerned about adult separation anxiety? Take our validated test to understand your symptoms and find effective therapeutic strategies for managing them.
Read the article →Body Image: 7 Questions to Assess Your Satisfaction
Assess your body image with a validated test. Understand your relationship with your body and improve your psychological well-being lastingly.
Read the article →Body Image: 7 Questions to Assess Your Satisfaction
Evaluate your body image with a validated test. Understand your relationship with your body and improve your psychological well-being lastingly.
Read the article →Body Image Test: Assess Your Satisfaction & Improve Self-View
Take a body image test to assess your satisfaction and understand your relationship with your body. Improve self-view with validated tools.
Read the article →Breaking Sexual Routine: 5 Ways to Renew Couple Intimacy
Break the sexual routine in your relationship. Discover concrete, empathetic strategies to rediscover desire and complicity, renewing your intimacy.
Read the article →CBT AI Assistant: Support Between Therapy Sessions
What a CBT AI assistant can (and can't) do for your mental health. How it augments cognitive therapy between sessions, its real benefits and clear limits.
Read the article →Adolescent Self-Harm: 5 Steps for Parents to Take Action
Understand adolescent self-harm and learn effective, evidence-based strategies for support. This guide offers compassionate, clinical insights for parents.
Read the article →Boring Sex Life? 5 Ways to Rekindle Desire & Intimacy
Feeling your sex life is boring? Learn why sexual routine happens and discover effective strategies to reignite desire and complicity in your relationship.
Read the article →Teen Self-Harm: Why It Happens & 5 Ways Parents Can Help
Understand why your teen self-harms and discover effective, evidence-based strategies to support them. Learn how to respond with compassion and promote healing.
Read the article →12 Ways Colleagues Manipulate You at Work
Discover 12 workplace manipulation tactics and CBT strategies to defend yourself. Understand cognitive mechanisms and regain control.
Read the article →Over 2100 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog offers over 2100 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT psychotherapist. 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