Clearcreek Mental Care Center is an elite place to heal. Inside the walls of this psychiatric hospital, many patients have found relief. But there are a few who suffer more, are trapped further, and held deeper--until Dr. John Sanders arrives.

This young clinical psychologist is confident that he can make a difference. However there are some patients he is unprepared to counsel. If he is to survive, he must develop the same type of courage requested from those residents in his care.

Then the ultimate test occurs. A woman, deemed the most helpless, turns to Dr. Sanders for aid. But in this grand opportunity, reality turns complicated. Clearcreek's administration becomes uneasy and discontent, leaving John Sanders with a choice that may require him to risk everything.

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