Attachment Styles: Understand Your Relational Patterns Now
Explore the 4 attachment styles and their impact on your relationships. This guide helps you understand your attachment style and move toward secure attachment.
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Articles on relationship psychology, communication patterns, and conversation analysis.
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3 Needs You Confuse: Attention, Validation, Connection
There are three things that almost everyone confuses in relationships: attention, validation, and connection. They are not variations of the same need
Read article →Avoidant Personality Test: 7 Signs to Recognize It Now
Understand avoidant personality with a self-assessment test and key signs. Learn to recognize this pattern for improved well-being and healthier relationships.
Read article →Bankruptcy: Rebuild Your Life After Financial Loss (Guide)
Navigate the psychological impact of bankruptcy with CBT strategies. This guide helps you rebuild your life and relationships after financial loss, offering support and hope.
Read article →Breakup & Heartbreak: Your Guide to Coping & Rebuilding
Navigate the pain of a breakup and heartbreak with this complete guide. Learn CBT strategies to cope, heal, and rebuild a fulfilling life after separation.
Read article →Breakup Guide: Navigate Pain & Rebuild Your Life (CBT)
Navigate breakup pain and rebuild your life with this complete therapeutic guide. Understand the neuroscience of breakups and find a concrete path to healing.
Read article →Breakup Guide: Heal & Rebuild After Heartbreak (25 CBT Tips)
Navigate your breakup with this complete guide. Learn to cope with the pain, understand your emotions, and rebuild your life with 25 evidence-based CBT articles.
Read article →Couple Communication: Stop Destructive Cycles in 5 Steps
Improve couple communication with this complete guide. Learn to identify destructive patterns and apply clinically validated tools for lasting connection and understanding.
Read article →Couple Communication: 7 Steps to Understand Each Other Better
Improve couple communication with therapeutic strategies. Learn to express needs, heal wounds, and build a stronger relationship starting today.
Read article →5 Couple Psychological Tests to Evaluate Your Relationship
Evaluate your relationship in minutes with 5 science-backed psychological tests. Gain clarity and understand your relational functioning today.
Read article →Couple Psychology: Your Guide to a Stronger Relationship
You've been in a relationship for months or years, yet certain mechanisms remain opaque. Why do the same arguments come back on a loop? How is it that the...
Read article →Dating at 50: Why You're More Desirable Now
Discover why dating at 50 can be a time of increased desirability and confidence. This article challenges common myths and highlights your evolving strengths.
Read article →Dating in 2026: 5 Ways to Find Real Connection
Navigate modern dating in 2026 with psychological insights. Learn to foster authentic connections and avoid manipulative games for healthier relationships.
Read article →Dating in 2026: Psychological Guide to Authentic Connections
Navigate modern dating in 2026 with psychological insights. Learn to build authentic connections and protect your mental health in the digital age.
Read article →Avoidant Personality Test: Do You Avoid Everything?
Take our avoidant personality test to understand if you exhibit signs of avoidance. Discover how this pattern impacts your life and relationships.
Read article →Relationship Problems? 5 Self-Tests for Clarity & Growth
Unsure about your relationship's health? Use these 5 clinically-backed self-tests to objectively assess issues and gain clarity for healthier connections.
Read article →Emotional Dependency: Guide, Test & 5 Steps to Break Free
Understand emotional dependency with our complete guide. Take the test, learn the 10 signs, and discover 5 CBT steps to break free and thrive.
Read article →Emotional Dependency: Break Free From Anxious Love Today
Understand emotional dependency, its link to anxious attachment, and how CBT can help you break free from unhealthy relationship patterns. Learn to thrive.
Read article →Emotional Dependency: Guide to Tests & CBT Solutions
Understand emotional dependency, assess your level with validated tests, and discover CBT strategies to break free and build healthier relationships.
Read article →Getting Your Ex Back: The Truth About Breakup Coaches
Considering getting your ex back? Discover why breakup coaches offer biased advice and what psychology really says. Learn a healthier approach to healing.
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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