Introduction

J.I. was a 34-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She had nightmares, panic attacks, flashbacks, and suicidal thoughts. She came to the therapist’s office in a wheelchair, having been paraplegic since age 13, secondary to being stabbed in the back and left for dead by an unknown assailant who also raped and killed the patient’s girlfriend during a family outing. For four hours, the patient had lain motionless, unable to move and afraid to call for help.