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.
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Parenting style: what kind of parent are you, and what impact?
The way you raise your child — authoritarian, permissive, authoritative or uninvolved — deeply shapes their development. Knowing your style helps.
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 →The Protective Parent: The Fine Line With Overprotection
Protecting your child is essential. But when protection turns into overprotection, it denies them the experiences they need to grow in confidence.
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 →Relationship red flags: the warning signs we too often minimise
Some behaviours in a relationship deserve serious attention. Recognising them — and no longer minimising them — can protect you.
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 hurting
Romantic love and passionate love do not work the same way. Understanding your love style can change the way you experience your relationships.
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 →Are We Still a Couple? Signs Your Closeness Has Changed
Sharing a roof, a table, a daily life without truly meeting: how to recognise when a couple has slipped into comfortable but distant cohabitation.
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 →Sexual satisfaction: what it reveals and what it does not say
Sexual satisfaction is not measured by frequency or variety. It rests on subtler dimensions — and deserves to be explored for what it really is.
Read article →School Bullying: Spotting the Signs When a Child Is a Victim
School bullying often stays invisible to adults. Learning to recognise the warning signs in a child is the first step towards helping them.
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 1900 applied psychology articles
The Psychologie et Sérénité blog features over 1900 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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