Suffering from the difficult and miserable facts of his life, Paul Weston, an intelligent and successful psychologist, who helps his patients through the sessions he makes at his house, but actually who needs to be treated, asks for help from his old therapist teacher, with whom he does not meet 10 years ago. In the first season, Laura suffers from the sexual abuse she receives.
This sneaky little gem steadily strips away its therapy patients' emotional defenses and excuses, exposing the raw fears and paralyzing reactions beneath.
If you've been wondering about the art of series-TV writing, and how potent and resonant it truly can be, you need look no further than HBO's extraordinary new In Treatment.
In Treatment takes the gravitas out of actors being emotionally naked and replaces it with the empty sheen of actors trying desperately to will drama from artificial angst.