Rebuilding Identity After a Breakup: 5 Steps to Self
Feeling lost after a relationship ends? Discover 5 practical steps to rebuild your identity, regain self-esteem, and find who you are again.
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Articles on relationship psychology, communication patterns, and conversation analysis.
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Relationship Anxiety Test: Evaluate Your Attachment Style Now
Take this relationship anxiety test to self-evaluate your emotional security and attachment patterns. Understand your fears and find peace.
Read article →Subjective Happiness Scale: Take Lyubomirsky's Test Online
Evaluate your well-being with the Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky). This scientific test helps you understand and improve your happiness level.
Read article →The Silent Treatment: When Silence Becomes a Weapon
The silent treatment: how it differs from a healthy pause, why it hurts so much, and how to respond when silence becomes a punishment.
Read article →Alexithymia: Understand & Overcome Emotional Blindness
Alexithymia affects 10% of people. Learn to identify signs and apply CBT techniques to better understand and express your emotions for improved well-being.
Read article →Breaking Up by Text: Why This Ordinary Violence Hurts So Much
Being dumped by text or by silence: why it hurts so much, what it says about the other, and how to rebuild despite the lack of closure.
Read article →Childhood Wounds Test: Uncover Your 5 Emotional Patterns
Take our childhood wounds test to understand how past experiences shape your relationships. Learn to heal and transform your connection patterns today.
Read article →Cognitive Distortions: 3 Keys to Outsmart Your System 1
Master System 1 cognitive distortions for fairer thinking. Identify these automatic biases and better regulate your daily emotions.
Read article →Cognitive Distortions: How System 1 Thinking Deceives You
Understand cognitive distortions and how your fast System 1 brain can lead to negative automatic thoughts. Learn practical CBT strategies to challenge these biases.
Read article →Help Depressed Partner: 5 Ways to Support Them & Yourself
Learn effective strategies to help your depressed partner while safeguarding your own well-being. Discover practical support for navigating this challenging time.
Read article →Locus of Control Test: Discover Your Internal vs. External
Take our locus of control test to understand if you believe you control your life or are subject to external forces. Learn to empower yourself.
Read article →Absent Father Effect: 5 Ways It Shapes Adult Relationships
Understand the absent father effect on adult relationships, attachment, and partner choices. Discover CBT strategies to heal this wound and foster healthier connections.
Read article →Changing Habits: 3 CBT Keys for Lasting Automatisms
Modify your habits with CBT. Understand why motivation isn't enough and apply the principles for anchored and lasting behavioral changes.
Read article →CBT for Habit Change: Master Automatic Behaviors & Systems
Learn how CBT helps you change habits by modifying your environment and responses. Discover effective strategies for lasting behavioral change with CBT.
Read article →Chronic Guilt: Why You Always Feel Guilty & How to Stop It
Understand chronic guilt, a persistent mental pattern. Learn how CBT offers concrete tools to manage and overcome this feeling, improving your daily life.
Read article →Contacting Your Ex Again: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Reaching out to your ex: when it's healthy, when it's a trap. The right questions to ask yourself before sending that message.
Read article →Couple Satisfaction Scale: 5 Steps to Measure Your Happiness
Use a couple satisfaction scale to accurately assess your relationship happiness. Gain clarity and identify key areas for growth to strengthen your bond effectively.
Read article →Fear of Abandonment: Stop It Controlling Your Love Life
Understand fear of abandonment in relationships. Learn its origins, signs, and CBT strategies to stop self-sabotage and build secure connections.
Read article →Heal From Trauma Bonding: 5 Steps to Break the Cycle
Learn 5 effective steps to heal from trauma bonding. Understand why you miss an abuser and how to break free from the cycle of attachment for good.
Read article →Vicarious PTSD: When Others' War Becomes Your Anxiety
Understand vicarious PTSD, a common response to war images. Learn symptoms, mechanisms, and CBT techniques to protect your mental health.
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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