De-disclosure: when social penetration reverses in your messages
As a CBT psychotherapist, I often see how relational dynamics show up long before anything is said out loud, through subtle signals.
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Articles on relationship psychology, communication patterns, and conversation analysis.
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- Anxiety & StressLife Transitions: Your CBT Guide to Navigating Change
- CBT & TherapyCBT for Mental Health: Your Practical Guide to Well-being
- FamilyParenting Psychology: Guide to Childhood Challenges & Growth
- Trauma & HealingTrauma Healing: Your CBT Guide to Overcome Past Wounds
- ManipulationWork & Mental Health: Your CBT Guide to Thrive
- Anxiety & StressAnxiety: Your CBT Guide to Regain Control & Calm Today
- Psychology7 Steps to Break Free from Emotional Dependence Today
- PsychologyAbsent Fathers: 7 Ways They Harm Adult Relationships & Healing
- BreakupSurvive a Breakup: 7 Steps to Heal & Thrive After Loss
- CoupleJealousy & Infidelity: Rebuilding Trust in 7 Steps
- PsychologySelf-Esteem: Rebuild Your Inner Worth with 5 CBT Pillars
- CoupleStop Fighting: 7 Ways to Break Argument Cycles in Relationships
- CoupleRelationship Tests: Understand Your Bond With 5 Key Assessments
- CoupleWhy You Love: Understanding Your Deep Relationship Patterns
- DatingWhy You're Still Single: Modern Dating Psychology Explained
- CoupleChange Relationship Patterns: 5 Steps to Break Free Today
Fading Love Maps and Emotional Distance: Knowledge Eroding in Messages
When questions disappear from your messages, mutual knowledge erodes. How the decline of love maps becomes readable, and how to rebuild it.
Read article →Ignored Bids and Fading Affection: The Gottman Build-Up in Your Messages
No crisis, no betrayal — just slow erosion. How ignored bids for connection show up in your messages, and how to reverse the pattern.
Read article →Intermittent reinforcement and breadcrumbing, read in your messages
In the complexity of human relationships, insidious mechanisms can take hold, trapping us in cycles of waiting and disappointment.
Read article →Over 190 applied psychology articles
The Psychology and Serenity blog offers over 190 articles by Gildas Garrec, CBT practitioner in Nantes. Each article draws on validated psychological models (Gottman, Young, attachment theory, CBT) to offer practical insights.
Couple Communication — Gottman’s 4 horsemen, the 5:1 ratio, stonewalling, NVC
Attachment — Anxious, avoidant, disorganized styles, path to secure attachment
Emotional Dependency — 10 signs, self-assessment tests, CBT strategies
Ghosting & Dating — Ghosting, breadcrumbing, curving, orbiting, zombieing
Manipulation — Gaslighting, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, psychological violence
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiving, trauma bonding, rebuilding
Anxiety & Stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological jealousy, retroactive, 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 families
Young 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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