The Black Book of BDSM - How to identify and manage the dark sides of kink #991596

BDSM can be much more than mere exploration for its own sake or performative sexuality. To restore its qualities as a profound - even transcendent - experience, however, we must understand what went wrong with kinky culture and how to dismantle unconscious and harmful behaviors. Perhaps even our own.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to avoiding or navigating the many mental, social, and emotional pitfalls encountered in the world of alternative sexualities. Its advice - based on scientific studies and decades of firsthand experience - enables us to live out our fantasies in the best possible way, from initial explorations to the search for the ideal partner, from building a healthy relationship to navigating communities and beyond.

Ayzad is Italy's leading expert on atypical sexualities, with which he has worked since the last century as a lecturer, educator, and specialist coach. He has written several foundational books on the subject, including the reference work BDSM — A Guide for Explorers of Extreme Eroticism.

The clinical contributions were provided by Prof. Fabrizio Quattrini, psychologist, lecturer, and founder of the Istituto Italiano di Sessuologia Scientifica in Rome.