Em Terapia (2008)

1 - Eladio - Week 1

After a troubling dream finds home health aide Eladio reaching out in the middle of the night, Brooke reestablishes boundaries as his therapist. Later, when Eladio requests medication, Brooke switches her focus to his history of insomnia.

1 - Sunil: Week One

A retired math professor from Bengal, Sunil, accompanied by his son Arun and daughter-in-law Julia, reluctantly visit Paul to discuss the death of Sunils wife six months earlier, his subsequent displacement to the U.S., and the recent tensions hes experienced while living with his sons family.

1 - Mia: Week One

Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames Paul for his sons death. When Paul shows up to discuss the case with his lawyer, hes surprised to discover Mia, a patient of his from 20 years ago

1 - Laura: Week One

Paul learns that Laura is infatuated with him when she attends her regular Monday appointment. Paul, however, is further shocked by the revelations Laura makes regarding a steamy bar encounter.

2 - Colin - Week 1

Colin, a self-proclaimed therapy enthusiast and proud child of hippies, arrives for the first of four court-mandated sessions, but his evasiveness makes a recommendation regarding his recent release from prison difficult for Brooke.

2 - Frances: Week One

A well-known stage and screen actress, whose sister was treated by Paul 18 years earlier, begins therapy to uncover the reasons why she is blanking out during rehearsals for a new play.

2 - April: Week One

A 23-year-old architecture student, April spends much of her first session with Paul avoiding what it is she came to talk about. She discusses her recent break-up with a fellow student named Kyle,

2 - Alex: Week One

Alex is a navy pilot who entered therapy due to a mission that went awry in Iraq. Alex talks to Paul about his service in Iraq and a heart attack he suffered while exercising.

3 - Laila - Week 1

Brooke struggles to draw genuine answers out of her newest patient Laila, whos been dragged to therapy by her concerned grandmother over recent life choices, before switching gears and empowering the 18-year-old to seize her agency.

3 - Jesse: Week One

A 16-year-old homosexual, who has been seeing Paul for some time after being caught peddling prescription drugs to classmates, talks about his troubling pattern of promiscuity, his unsettled family life with adopted parents and a recent alarming voicemail.

3 - Oliver: Week One

Sixth-grader Oliver sits with Paul in his office while they wait for Olivers mother Bess to return from the deli and for his father Luke to arrive. Oliver suggests they play Black Jack to bide the time and chides Paul for not knowing the rules. When Oliver demands to know why hes there, Paul discovers that Olivers parents havent explained theyre getting a divorce.

3 - Sophie: Week One

Its Sophies first session with Paul and shes hoping to get his opinion on her emotional state following an accident. Sophie was hit by a car while riding her bike.

4 - Brooke - Week 1

After failing to honor a commitment, Brooke receives an unexpected visit from her friend Rita. Worried that Brooke is teetering on the edge of a bad decision, Rita illuminates an unexpected connection between Brookes personal and professional lives.

4 - Adele: Week One

In order to get a new prescription for sleeping pills, an exhausted Paul visits a young, serious and intelligent therapist, and is compelled to confront deep-rooted fears about his health, his divorce, his patients, and his all-encompassing relationship with former therapist Gina Toll.

4 - Walter: Week One

CEO Walter Barnett comes to see Paul at his wife Connies insistence, complaining of insomnia. He is surprised that Paul doesnt know who he is, given that his company has been in the business pages a lot lately

4 - Jake & Amy: Week One

Jake and Amy confront Paul for advice on whether Amy should have an abortion.

5 - Eladio - Week 2

Brooke agrees to refer Eladio to a psychiatrist before his medication runs out – but only if he truly commits to therapy first. When pressed about his employers, Eladio opens up about his complicated relationship with their family.

5 - Sunil: Week Two

Sunil confronts his inability to voice his frustrations as he recalls the first time he and his wife met their future daughter-in-law in Calcutta.

5 - Gina: Week One

Paul commutes down from New York to Maryland via Amtrak to see his kids for the weekend and pays a visit to Gina to suss out what she might say in a deposition for the malpractice suit against Paul. She assures him she doesnt see him as responsible for Alexs death but admits he didnt talk about him that much in their supervision until after hed died.

5 - Gina: Week One

Paul visits his therapist, Gina, after nearly a decade. Paul talks to Gina about the problems his marriage is facing and reveals his frustration with his own patients.

6 - Colin - Week 2

Colin chronicles the events that took him from gold stars all around to receiving serious demerits in prison. After connecting his troubling behavior to a feeling of profound powerlessness, Brooke challenges Colin to accept responsibility for his actions.

6 - Frances: Week Two

Frances struggles to remember what distracts her during rehearsals, and she gets defensive when Paul mentions in passing that he spoke to her sister about her illness. Meanwhile, Paul sees a neurologist to be tested for Parkinsons.

6 - Mia: Week Two

Mia has a session with Paul to apologize for her unprofessional behavior from the week before, acknowledging she intercepted his file when his attorney couldnt be there, in order to surprise and needle him. She reveals shes been having a year-long affair with her boss Bennet, whos married.

6 - Laura: Week Two

Paul is surprised when Laura makes a revelation regarding her boyfriend.

7 - Laila - Week 2

In an effort to connect with Laila over feeling controlled by her family, Brooke shares a traumatic experience from her own childhood. As Brooke digs into her proclivity for unbridled imagination and storytelling as a coping mechanism, Laila reveals a surprising plan for her future.

7 - Jesse: Week Two

Jesse talks about his application to a prestigious arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design.

7 - April: Week Two

April arrives at her session, furious. Her iPhone has died in the middle of a call and she asks Paul if she can use his phone. He resists, suggesting its not the best use of her time and presses April for why shes so angry.

7 - Alex: Week Two

Alex talks to Paul about his wife and his return to the bombing scene.

8 - Brooke - Week 2

Though Brooke insists reuniting with Adam will not awaken destructive habits, Rita recognizes her actions as part of a recurring pattern and encourages her to spend more time embracing the present.

8 - Adele: Week Two

Paul discusses Ginas book with Adele and vents about a particularly loathsome character hes certain is based on him.

8 - Oliver: Week Two

Oliver and Paul talk while Bess and Luke wait to be invited in. Oliver says he doesnt want to talk about school because all of his teachers hate him because he falls asleep all of the time. He insists his classes are boring, including Humanities where they are reading Lord of the Flies. Oliver insists you dont need to crash on an island for kids to be mean.

8 - Sophie: Week Two

Paul offers Sophie an opinion regarding Sophies annoyance with her parents and her gymnastics team.

9 - Eladio - Week 3

With the house to himself, an energized Eladio shares the true depth of his unlikely connection to Jeremy. But when her patient shuts down on the heels of a compliment, Brooke helps Eladio sort through deep-rooted issues from his childhood.

9 - Sunil: Week Three

Sunil makes tea as he describes his first wedding anniversary since his wifes death.

9 - Walter: Week Two

Pauls daughter Rosie visits him in Brooklyn, concerned about his law suit and that he is lonely living in New York.When Walter arrives for his session, hes convinced that Paul must have read about him by now

9 - Jake & Amy: Week Two

Kate forces Paul to face the reality of their marriage after an abrupt end to Jake and Amys session.

10 - Colin - Week 3

Brooke helps Colin realize how his hyper-focus on the opinions of others has long curtailed the development of his authentic self. After testing Brookes boundaries, Colin makes an unusual request for their final session.

10 - Frances: Week Three

Frances recalls her sisters one and only foray into acting in a college production, and discusses her mothers beauty before and after she became ill.

10 - Gina: Week Two

Paul is unsure about continuing his therapy with Gina, but winds up bringing up a teen romance and how it relates to his moms first suicide attempt.

10 - Gina: Week Two

Paul goes on the defensive after Gina offers him a suggestion that he does not agree with.

11 - Laila - Week 3

As Laila details an elaborate getaway plan, a skeptical Brooke learns that her patients desire to escape dates back to her earliest memories – and has only been accelerated by societal injustice and the impossible expectations thrust upon her.

11 - Jesse: Week Three

Jesse is accompanied by his mother, but the strain of their relationship makes any kind of discussion difficult.

11 - Mia: Week Three

Paul answers the door at his new Brooklyn apartment to find Alex Sr., the father of the patient who died during a flight exercise last year, serving him with a law suit — he blames Paul for his sons death. When Paul shows up to discuss the case with his lawyer, hes surprised to discover Mia, a patient of his from 20 years ago.

11 - Laura: Week Three

Laura arrives late, causing Paul to question their sessions.

12 - Brooke - Week 3

After receiving a distressing phone call from Brooke, Rita helps her friend process a recent complication while struggling to accept a potential shift in their relationship.

12 - Adele: Week Three

Paul complains of headaches the morning after taking Max to a concert to see Animal Collective, and is despondent while revealing what his son found on his computer.

12 - April: Week Three

April calls Paul, asking to come to his office immediately. She was on her way to school to turn in a project — the architectural model for a World Trade Center memorial — and has been having trouble sleeping. Between my anxiety and my lymphoma, she says, its just never a good time. She describes her exhaustion as the feeling of poison in her veins, like she wants to slit her wrists to get it out.

12 - Alex: Week Three

Alex tells Paul about an encounter he had with a patient. Meanwhile Paul compares his father to Alex.

13 - Eladio - Week 4

Brooke tempers mixed reactions from Eladio after sharing an unexpected analysis. While her patient processes the news, Brooke and Adam discuss their future.

13 - Sunil: Week Four

Sunil is unnerved by parallels between Arun and Julias marriage and a romance from his youth.

13 - Oliver: Week Three

Bess swings by Pauls office to pick up the turtle that Oliver left behind. She explains that her son has been staying with Luke for the week, giving her some time to herself. Before leaving, she hands Paul some homemade cookies, thanking him for going above and beyond with the turtle. When the family arrives later for their session, Luke and Oliver talk about how much fun they had together, going to a Knicks game and hanging out at home.

13 - Sophie: Week Three

Paul questions Sophie regarding her parents breakup and the relationship she is currently pursuing with her coach.

14 - Colin - Week 4

In their fourth and final court-ordered session together, Brooke mines the extent of Colins evasiveness – and struggles to form a comprehensive picture of her patient.

14 - Frances: Week Four

Painful family memories take a toll on Frances self-esteem.

14 - Walter: Week Three

Walter arrives late for his session, having already postponed it by two hours. Shouting into his cell phone as he enters, he drops his suitcase and hands Paul his garment bag. Noting that Walter seems to be in the midst of a crisis, Paul suggests they reschedule, but Walter insists there wont be a better time later. He finally turns off his cell phone and Blackberry and gives Paul his attention.

14 - Jake & Amy: Week Three

Amy has had a miscarriage and Jake is suspicious of her reaction.

15 - Laila - Week 4

Concerned over her patients disclosure at the end of their last session, Brooke presses Laila to open up about her complicated understanding of love, sex, and the future.

15 - Jesse: Week Four

Paul helps Jesse see a new path to meeting his birth parents.

15 - Gina: Week Three

Gina explores Pauls resentment over having to take care of his ailing father.

15 - Gina: Week Three

Gina examines Pauls relationship to Laura.

16 - Brooke - Week 4

Despite throwing a serious wrench in their plans, Brooke gains unexpected clarity on her relationship with Rita.

16 - Adele: Week Four

Adele tries to get Paul to talk about his lack of passion.

16 - Mia: Week Four

Mia bursts into the Monday morning session, excitedly remembering all the lurid details of her weekends wild debauchery. But Paul wants to concern themselves over her quite Sunday brunch with her father.

16 - Laura: Week Four

Laura tells Paul about her budding relationship with Alex.

17 - Eladio - Week 5

As Brooke contemplates a pressing life decision of her own, Eladio shares a major development. But when he asks for help sifting through the repercussions, Eladio is surprised by Brookes answers.

17 - Sunil: Week Five

Sunils suspicions about Julia having an affair continue to rise.

17 - April: Week Four

Aprils health continues to be a concern for Paul, as she seems more concerned about her autistic brothers condition than her own.

17 - Alex: Week Four

Alex discuses Laura with Paul and wonders whether his therapy is effective or not.

18 - Colin - Week 5

On the heels of receiving Brookes recommendation, Colin makes a surprise visit—prompting a collision of his therapists personal and professional lives.

18 - Frances: Week Five

Frances goes over her Breast Cancer test results with Paul.

18 - Oliver: Week Four

As Bess readies for a well-needed vacation, she gushes over how well Oliver has done, but Paul is skeptical that her son could not have changed that quickly.

18 - Sophie: Week Four

Sophie recounts the events prior to her accident.

19 - Laila - Week 5

Torn up over the outside influences clouding her self-understanding, Laila is challenged by Brookes unique therapy technique. But when Brooke asks Laila to take the exercise a step further, she receives a startling response.

19 - Jesse: Week Five

Jesse shows up unexpectedly the night before his session.

19 - Walter: Week Four

Having to deal with the aftermath of his companys crisis, Walter looks back at the loyalty towards the family who owns it and the medias perception of him. Paul probes Walters deeply rooted sense of guilt.

19 - Jake & Amy: Week Four

Paul seeks to learn why Jake and Amys relationship is so fickle.

20 - Brooke - Week 5

Brooke nervously prepares for a visit shes avoided for months. Later, theres nowhere to hide as Brooke stares down the barrel of past trauma to confront the root of her pain.

20 - Adele: Week Five

Adele tries to get Paul to acknowledge his preoccupation with a troubled relationship.

20 - Gina: Week Four

Gina gives Paul some criticism for his constant complaints about whats missing from his life, and urges him to make peace with his bedridden father.

20 - Gina: Week Four

When Paul and Gina debate the boundaries between therapists and patients, an old wound resurfaces.

21 - Eladio - Week 6

After Eladio reaches a transformative conclusion, Brooke pushes him to break free of his self-imposed limitations.

21 - Sunil: Week Six

Paul is alarmed by Sunils unpredictable behavior at home.

21 - Mia: Week Five

Among the areas touched on for this session between Paul and Mia include a discussion about mortality, being alone and making up for lost time.

21 - Laura: Week Five

Laura makes several unexpected revelations.

22 - Colin - Week 6

In new territory, Brooke and Colin confront the vast work ahead.​

22 - Frances: Week Six

Frances leans on Paul for support as her sisters health deteriorates.

22 - April: Week Five

Paul fixates on a comment April uttered about a close friend of his to explore her independent streak.

22 - Alex: Week Five

Paul is pushed to the edge by Alexs knowledge of his personal life.

23 - Laila - Week 6

When Laila disappears, Brooke forces Rhonda to consider how profoundly her expectations have affected the teen.

23 - Jesse: Week Six

Jesse shrugs off Pauls optimism that his parents wont abandon him when he needs them most.

23 - Oliver: Week Five

Olivers dad is having some issues of his own, some of which are caused by Olivers behaviour.

23 - Sophie: Week Five

Sophies mother joins her therapy session.

24 - Brooke - Week 6

Fresh from her self-analysis, Brooke confronts revelations that may inform her future with her son and relationship with Adam.​

24 - Adele: Week Six

Adele sees Pauls chronic indecisiveness as a source of his discontent.

24 - Walter: Week Five

Paul decides that from what hes learnt of Walter, he is more harmful to himself than others.

24 - Jake & Amy: Week Five

Amy makes a critical decision, while Jake has an emotional admission.

25 - Frances: Week Seven

Frances struggles with the prospect of losing her sister Tricia.

25 - Gina: Week Five

Paul is told by Gina to return to some previous unknown answers about his father, whilst Alex Sr. has some news to tell them.

25 - Gina: Week Five

Kate accompanies Paul to therapy. The couple discuss their marriage.

26 - Sunil: Week Seven

Paul is blindsided by a revelation regarding Sunils therapy.

26 - Mia: Week Six

In Mias latest session, they look over some of the biggest issues that life throws at us.

26 - Laura: Week Six

In order to demonstrate what he means, Paul brings up his past to show her about whats real and whats not.

27 - Jesse: Week Seven

Paul tries to get Jesse to open up about a recent transgression and his relationship with his father Roberto.

27 - April: Week Six

When April reveals something about one of her closest friends, Paul questions her ability to rely on other people.

27 - Alex: Week Six

Alex recalls one of her latest dreams which Paul needs to work out the meaning of.

28 - Adele: Week Seven

Blaming Adele for his recent setbacks with patients, Paul contemplates the future of his therapy, and his practice.

28 - Oliver: Week Six

Ignoring Pauls and Olivers objections, Luke and Bess come up with a plan that will alter their family structure and dynamics.

28 - Sophie: Week Six

Paul tries to open Sophie up to talk about her dad and her resentment for him.

29 - Walter: Week Six

Paul tries to get Walter to embrace his vulnerable side.

29 - Jake & Amy: Week Six

With Jakes new look on life, Amy isnt so sure she likes it but Paul tries to bring her round to see him as a new man she can get used to.

30 - Gina: Week Six

Gina and Paul clash when its suggested that shes not personally invested in her patients.

30 - Gina: Week Six

Kate and Paul discuss her input into his life after discussing Rosie.

31 - Mia: Week Seven

Mias plan doesnt work to trap Paul so she has to re-evaluate everything.

31 - Laura: Week Seven

Its Rosie and Ians turn in the spotlight this time when Laura doesnt come, allowing Paul the chance to get to know them.

32 - April: Week Seven

Paul is told some news by April which prompts him to ask her about her anger issues.

32 - Alex: Week Seven

Paul is doubtful that Alex is ready for everything available to him, but he insists he is and is committed to moving forward with his life.

33 - Oliver: Week Seven

Paul attempts to put Olivers mind at ease, and his parents have had a hard week which they can now put behind them.

33 - Sophie: Week Seven

Sophie tells Paul that he is turning up in her dreams and she tries to validate her relationship with her dad.

34 - Walter: Week Seven

Walter wants to change himself so Paul comes up with a solution to stop Walter from falling back into his old ways.

34 - Jake & Amy: Week Seven

Amy reveals something to Jake about her father that he finds startling.

35 - Gina: Week Seven

Paul and Ginas relationship crosses paths which makes them think what they want to get out of it.

35 - Gina: Week Seven

With people close to him holding secrets, Paul us not too happy. Gina has a technique which works wonders for him.

36 - Laura: Week Eight

Paul has to leave the office as a tragedy has cropped up.

37 - Alex: Week Eight

Paul sticks up for his use of psychotherapy as he believes it works.

38 - Sophie: Week Eight

Paul tries to steer Sophie away from thinking everything is her fault and that there is often others who deserve the blame instead.

39 - Jake & Amy: Week Eight

Jake believes his relationship with Amy is a lot like the one with his dad after he visits home.

40 - Gina: Week Eight

Gina surprises Paul after he questions whether therapy actually helps.

41 - Sophie: Week Nine

Sophie finally gets the fact that her father has a lot to answer for and starts to become her own woman.

42 - Jake & Amy: Week Nine

After nine weeks of therapy, the couple finally agree on how to move foward in their life together.

43 - Gina: Week Nine

Paul must live with his actions of going after Laura in a romantic fashion.