This is a very insightful and fascinating book. It is replete with case histories of men and women the author has treated over time in her practice for having obsessive passions for people in their lives. Whether these were romantic relationships or a matter of an unrequited love, "OBSESSIVE LOVE" serves as a guide to help people either caught up in unhealthy relationships or unable to break away from harboring debilitating attachments to someone uninterested in them. In the process, the reader learns "how to recognize the 'connection compulsion,' what causes it, and how to break its hold on your life so that you can go on to build healthy, lasting, and pain-free relationships."