Toxic Erotica: When Desire Becomes Suffering. When sexual desire turns into compulsion, those affected often find themselves alone with their suffering. This book makes an important contribution to understanding this taboo topic and presents psychotherapeutic solutions and treatment approaches. It focuses on how sex addicts can develop genuine love and attachment abilities. Three key areas illuminate this substance-free, yet equally dark addiction, which is on the rise in our media-saturated society: - What is sexuality and what is love? - What is addiction, and specifically sexual addiction? - How can healing be achieved? Findings from interpersonal neurobiology, evolutionary psychology, addiction research, and sexual science help to understand the forms of sexual addictions and to explore paths to recovery. The author is a psychotherapist and expert in hypersexual disorders.