Phone Addiction in Teens: Understanding Before Overreacting
Intensive phone use in teenagers isn't always addiction. But some behaviours deserve attention. Here's how to distinguish problematic use from the norm.
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ADHD in Children: Signs, Myths, and Reality for Better Understanding
ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. Too often misdiagnosed — or undiagnosed — it deserves a precise understanding.
Read article →Always Giving More Than I Receive: Understanding Emotional Imbalance in a Relationship
Feeling like you give more than you receive is one of the most common sources of resentment in a couple. Where does this imbalance come from — and how do you tell it from a distorted perception?
Read article →Anxiety in Teenagers: When Normal Worry Becomes a Daily Burden
Anxiety in teenagers is often underestimated or confused with 'normal teenage behaviour'. Yet when it becomes invasive, it deserves specific attention.
Read article →Atypical Learning: Recognising a Child Who Learns Differently
Some children have ways of learning that don't match the standard school model. Identifying them allows support to be tailored to their needs — not a label to be applied.
Read article →Are We Still in Love? What Love Becomes in a Long-Term Relationship
Love in a long-term relationship no longer looks like it did at the beginning. How do you tell the difference between love that has evolved and a relationship that has lost its emotional content?
Read article →Exploring BDSM: What Your Curiosity Says About You and How to Respond to It
Curiosity about BDSM is neither a problem nor a quirk. What matters is communication with your partner, informed consent, and understanding your own desires.
Read article →Body Comfort in Intimacy: Understanding Self-Image and How to Change It
Discomfort with nudity, constant comparison, difficulty letting go in intimacy — body image has a profound impact on sexual and emotional life in a relationship.
Read article →Being a Good Intimate Partner: What Really Matters Beyond Performance
A good intimate partner isn't the most skilled one — it's the most present. What truly makes a sexual relationship fulfilling is attentiveness, reciprocity, and communication.
Read article →Social Skills in Children: Learning How to Be With Others
Social skills are not innate. They are learned, they develop, and they can be supported when they are slow to emerge or cause difficulties.
Read article →Mental Load in a Relationship: The Invisible Work That Exhausts — and How to Talk About It
Anticipating, planning, remembering for two: mental load is often carried by one partner without the other even realising. How to recognise it and rebalance things together.
Read article →Child Creativity: Nurturing a Precious Resource for Life
Creativity is not a talent reserved for a few. It is a faculty that develops — or gets stifled — depending on the environment in which the child grows up.
Read article →Child Sleep: When Poor Sleep Changes Everything Else
Sleep is the silent pillar of child development. Poor sleep affects mood, attention, learning, and relationships — often without anyone making the connection.
Read article →Are We Still a Real Couple? Signs That Closeness Has Quietly Slipped Away
Sharing a home, a table, daily life — without really finding each other anymore. How to recognise when a couple has drifted into comfortable but distant cohabitation.
Read article →Family Conflicts: Understanding What Goes Wrong to Better Address It
Family conflicts are inevitable. What matters is how they are navigated — and whether relationships emerge stronger or damaged from the experience.
Read article →Warning Signs in a Relationship: Gottman's 4 Behaviours That Predict Separation
John Gottman identified 4 behaviours that predict break-up with over 90% accuracy. Recognising them is the first step to understanding what damages a relationship — and what can still change.
Read article →What Makes a Relationship Last: The Foundations That Stand the Test of Time
The science of happy couples has identified the markers of lasting relationships. It isn't the absence of conflict — it's the quality of what happens between conflicts, day after day.
Read article →Should I Leave My Relationship? What the Question Reveals Before You Look for an Answer
The question 'should I leave?' doesn't always demand an immediate answer. It reveals something about the state of the relationship — and that is where to start.
Read article →Eco-Anxiety in Teenagers: When Worry for the Planet Invades Daily Life
Eco-anxiety is increasingly affecting teenagers. It can range from healthy concern to paralysing distress — learning to tell the difference is essential.
Read article →Emotional Eating in Children: When Food Becomes a Response to Emotions
Eating to manage emotions often begins in childhood. Identifying this pattern early allows us to help children find other ways of navigating their inner states.
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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