Parental Alienation: When a Parent Turns Children Against the Other
Your child adored you. They ran toward you when you came home from work. They whispered secrets in your ear. They drew you hearts.
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Polyvagal Theory and Relationships: Understanding Your Automatic Reactions
Porges' polyvagal theory explains why you freeze, flee, or fight in your relationships. Decoding and practical applications.
Read article →LAT (Living Apart Together): Being in a Couple While Living Separately
There exists a relationship model that society has long viewed as an in-between state, a temporary phase, or an admission of failure.
Read article →Distrust and Abuse Schema: When Trusting Feels Impossible
The distrust/abuse schema makes trust impossible. Understand its traumatic origins and CBT strategies to rebuild trust.
Read article →Living Together Without Suffocating: A Cohabitation Guide
There is a paradox that every couple discovers after moving in together, usually between the third and sixth month: the closer you are physically,...
Read article →Abandonment Schema: Why You're Always Afraid of Being Left
Abandonment schema creates intense fear of being left. Origins, mechanisms, and CBT strategies to break free permanently.
Read article →Young's 18 Schemas: Understanding Your Deep Emotional Wounds
Jeffrey Young's 18 early maladaptive schemas explain your emotional wounds. Discover each schema and how schema therapy can help you heal.
Read article →We've been arguing since we moved in together: should we be worried?
You almost never argued. Then you moved in together. And now it's friction every day.
Read article →Cohabitation: 10 Things You MUST Know Before Moving In Together
Each year, approximately 300,000 couples in France take the step of moving in together.
Read article →Mental Rumination: How to Stop Rehashing the Same Thoughts
Mental rumination traps you in looping thoughts. Discover why your brain rehashes and 7 CBT techniques to break free.
Read article →Moving in Together: The Complete Guide Before Taking the Leap
We talk a lot about decoration, choosing the neighborhood, the size of the sofa.
Read article →Relationship OCD (ROCD): When Obsessional Doubt Invades Your Relationship
Relationship OCD (ROCD) causes obsessional doubts about your relationship. Discover its mechanisms, symptoms, and CBT strategies to regain peace of mind
Read article →Relationship Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Fear of Losing Your Partner
Discover the mechanisms of relationship anxiety, its roots in attachment theory, and CBT techniques to overcome the fear of losing your partner.
Read article →Healing the Wound of an Absent Father: 7 Concrete CBT Steps
Whether your father left home, passed away prematurely, or was emotionally unavailable despite his physical presence, the wound of paternal absence leaves a deep mark. But...
Read article →Present but emotionally absent father: consequences
He was there. He lived under the same roof, he ate at the same table, he attended parent-teacher conferences. On paper, you had a father.
Read article →Son of an Absent Father: Rebuilding Your Masculine Identity
You struggle to assert yourself in your professional and personal life. You oscillate between a need to control everything and a constant sense of...
Read article →Daughter of an Absent Father: The Impact on Your Romantic Relationships
You choose emotionally unavailable partners. You give endlessly in your relationships, secretly hoping that one day you'll finally be loved 'enough'...
Read article →Absent Father: Psychological Consequences on Relationships
In France, 85% of single-parent families are headed by the mother alone (INSEE, 2024).
Read article →The Provider Man: When Value Reduces to a Wallet
\"I realized that when I was earning well, everything was fine. When I lost my job, I also lost the affection, the respect, and...\"
Read article →Dating Apps: When Applications Destroy Self-Esteem
The market for dating applications has never been more booming. In 2024, global revenues from dating platforms reached $6.18...
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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