Dr. Whitman is caught between wanting to help his patient with methadone and the law prohibiting paroled ex-addicts from using any kind of drugs.

Dr. Whitman finds himself confronted with a 12-year-old boy who, after four years of treatment, has slipped away into a fantasy world from which he refuses to emerge.

Whitman's patient is an Indian married to a Caucasian with an identity crisis. He has lost his job and is trying to destroy his marriage by putting up a racial barrier.

A Vietnam veteran who saw his squad wiped out and came home to find his wife cheating on him starts to open up to the group but stops short, deciding to end not only therapy, but his life.

Professional golfer Frank Halloran suddenly finds out that he is dying. The Psychiatrist, Dr. Whitman, offers a way out.