THERAPY text by NATACHA CALESTRÉMÉ photography by TORBJORN RODLAND Natacha Calestrémé is a French writer and director specializing in energetic reset therapy. Her latest novel is Les Blessures du Silence (The Wounds of Silence, 2018). How is it that some manage to enjoy balanced, constructive relationships, while others choose complicated, even toxic partners? And what if a theory exists that explains such destructive behavioral patterns so clearly that it could set you free? Physical violence between lovers is deemed newsworthy. What’s less talked about, yet affects all of us in one way or another, is verbal violence. This plague is a silent one: it erupts behind closed doors, out of sight, and leaves no physical trace. It is one person’s word against the other’s. When we are dealing with humiliation, the silent treatment, endless put-downs, and other rejections, the advice from therapists is that we must “learn how to say…