Love Languages: Why You Can Love Each Other Without Feeling Loved
Everyone expresses and receives love differently. Understanding your own love language — and your partner's — can fundamentally change how your relationship feels.
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My Way of Loving: What My Attachment Style Reveals About Me in Relationships
We don't all love the same way. Attachment style profoundly shapes how we love, how we manage closeness, and how we respond to conflict in relationships.
Read article →Managing Arguments as a Couple: What Your Conflict Style Says About Your Relationship
Arguments are not the problem. What matters is how conflicts unfold and how they end. Some conflict styles nourish a relationship; others erode it.
Read article →Is My Partner Cheating? Separating Real Signals From Projected Fears
Doubting a partner's fidelity is one of the most painful experiences in a relationship. Distinguishing a grounded intuition from projected anxiety isn't easy — but it is possible.
Read article →School Motivation: Understanding Why Some Children 'Don't Feel Like It'
School motivation cannot be decreed. It depends on specific psychological factors — and understanding which ones allows targeted action rather than repeating 'make an effort'.
Read article →The Demanding Parent: When Parental Expectations Become a Burden for the Child
Parental expectations can stimulate excellence — or crush a child under the weight of performance. Understanding the difference radically changes the support offered.
Read article →The Protective Parent: The Fine Line Between Security and Overprotection
Protecting one's child is a necessity. But when protection becomes overprotection, it deprives the child of the experiences they need to grow in confidence.
Read article →Parental Separation and Children: Navigating Divorce or Family Breakup
Parental separation is a major event in a child's life. Its impact depends greatly on how the adults navigate it together.
Read article →Talking About Sex as a Couple: Why It's So Hard and Why It Changes Everything
Most couples don't really talk about their sexuality — not for lack of desire, but because it's one of the hardest subjects to broach. And yet, it changes everything.
Read article →Perfectionism in Children: Between Healthy Standards and Silent Suffering
Perfectionism is not always a quality. When it generates anxiety, blocks, and suffering, it becomes an obstacle to the child's development.
Read article →Performance Anxiety in Children: When Fear of Failure Takes Over
Some children are paralysed by fear of doing badly. Performance anxiety deserves to be recognised for what it is — not laziness, but real suffering.
Read article →Life Plans as a Couple: When Desires Diverge and What to Do With That
Building a life together also means navigating plans that don't always align. Understanding how yours fit together is an essential starting point.
Read article →Sexual Questioning: Exploring Your Identity and Desires Without Rushing Toward an Answer
Questioning your sexual orientation, desires, or gender identity is an intimate and complex experience. This questioning deserves space — not pressure.
Read article →Red Flags in a Relationship: The Warning Signs We Minimise Too Often
Some behaviours in a relationship deserve serious attention. Recognising them — and stopping minimising them — can protect against a dynamic that only worsens over time.
Read article →Social Media and Teenagers: Between Connection, Comparison, and Real Risks
Social media are part of the teenage world. Understanding their real effects on mental health allows support without blindly banning or simply allowing everything.
Read article →Resilience in Children: What Allows Bouncing Back After Adversity
Resilience is not an innate quality — it is built. Understanding its protective factors helps create the conditions in which a child can recover.
Read article →Romantic or Passionate: Two Ways of Loving, Two Ways of Suffering
Romantic love and passionate love don't work the same way. Understanding your love style can change how you experience your relationships.
Read article →Rumination in Children: When Thoughts Go Round and Round Without Stopping
Rumination — going over the same negative thoughts repeatedly — is a well-documented risk factor for anxiety and depression. It can be observed from childhood.
Read article →Am I Satisfied With My Sex Life? What Sexual Satisfaction Reveals — and What It Doesn't
Sexual satisfaction isn't measured by frequency or variety. It rests on subtler dimensions — and deserves to be explored for what it really is.
Read article →School Disengagement: Recognising the Signs Before a Child Gives Up
School disengagement doesn't happen overnight. It builds gradually, through an accumulation of signals that can be learned to recognise.
Read article →Over 1800 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog features over 1800 articles written by Gildas Garrec, CBT psycho-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, 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
Infidelity — Understanding, forgiveness, trauma bonding, recovery
Anxiety & stress — Relationship anxiety, burnout, rumination, insomnia
Jealousy — Pathological, retrospective, social media jealousy
Breakup & grief — 7 stages, no contact, relationship PTSD
Couple & cohabitation — Moving in, arguments, libido, mental load
Parenting — Parental alienation, co-parenting, blended families
Young's schemas — 18 early maladaptive 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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