Inner Child and Reparenting in Therapy
Healing your inner child: limited reparenting in Young's schema therapy. Understanding modes, repairing childhood wounds in CBT.
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Articles on relationship psychology, communication patterns, and conversation analysis.
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Children and Screens: A Guide to Healthy Limits
Children and screens: how to set healthy limits without conflict. Age-based guidelines, warning signs, and CBT strategies for parents.
Read article →Progressive Exposure: A CBT Protocol for Overcoming Phobias
Discover the progressive exposure protocol in CBT for effectively treating your phobias. A complete guide with practical exercises.
Read article →Decision Fatigue: Too Exhausted to Choose
Understand decision fatigue: Baumeister's model, cognitive load, and CBT strategies to regain clarity and make better choices.
Read article →Empathic Fatigue: When Feeling Too Much
Empathic fatigue: when feeling others' emotions too much leads to exhaustion. Hypersensitivity, caregivers, CBT regulation.
Read article →Gratitude: 5 Evidence-Based Psychology Exercises
Gratitude in positive psychology: 5 scientifically validated exercises to improve well-being. Emmons studies, limitations and practical guide.
Read article →Workplace Bullying: Recognize and Protect
Workplace bullying: signs, documentation, legal protection and CBT support. A comprehensive guide to recognizing and taking action.
Read article →Giftedness: Are You Really Gifted? Facts
Giftedness and high IQ: what science really says. Separating popular myths from clinical data. Critical and nuanced analysis.
Read article →Therapeutic Hypnosis: How It Works vs CBT
Therapeutic hypnosis: how it works, differences with CBT, indications and limits. A comprehensive guide by a psychopractitioner.
Read article →Generalized Anxiety: Living with GAD
Do you worry about everything? Discover GAD, its mechanisms, and proven CBT strategies to regain control of your anxious thoughts.
Read article →Micro-Aggressions: Invisible Violence That Erodes
Micro-aggressions are subtle forms of violence that destroy self-esteem. Understand their mechanisms and protect yourself with CBT.
Read article →Misophonia: When Sounds Become Unbearable
Misophonia: why certain sounds drive you crazy and how to regain control through CBT, graduated exposure, and emotional regulation.
Read article →Somatic Experiencing: Healing Trauma Through the Body
Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing: healing trauma through the body. CBT integration, titration, pendulation. Complete guide.
Read article →Exercise and Mental Health: A Natural Antidepressant
Exercise and mental health: why physical activity works as a natural antidepressant. Endorphins, BDNF, behavioural activation in CBT.
Read article →Parental Impostor Syndrome: Self-Doubt as Mum or Dad
When you doubt being a good parent: understanding parental impostor syndrome, its cognitive mechanisms and CBT tools to break free.
Read article →ADHD in Women: Why So Late?
ADHD in women: why diagnosis comes so late. Female symptoms, masking, underdiagnosis and adapted CBT treatment.
Read article →Anti-Stress Breathing: 4-7-8 and Box Breathing
Anti-stress breathing techniques: 4-7-8, box breathing, sophrology. Nervous system mechanisms and polyvagal theory explained.
Read article →Group Therapy: Who It's For and Why It Works
Group therapy: how it works, Yalom's therapeutic factors, indications and proven effectiveness. Complete guide.
Read article →IFS Therapy: Understanding Your Inner Parts
IFS Therapy (Internal Family Systems): understanding your inner parts to heal. Complementarity with CBT. Practical guide.
Read article →Dissociation: Depersonalisation and Derealisation
Depersonalisation, derealisation: understanding dissociative disorders, their causes and CBT treatment.
Read article →Over 190 applied psychology articles
The Psychology and Serenity blog offers over 190 articles by Gildas Garrec, CBT psychopractitioner 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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