Videos

The main talks are on this page; YouTube has the rest

 

 

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What Is Neurofeedback?

A 6-minute explainer of EEG brain training and what a session is like.

Delayed Trauma Flashbacks in Male Survivors

Why symptoms can show up 20, 30, or 40 years later — and why forcing memories is the wrong first move.
IFS and Effortless Mindfulness

Guided Effortless Mindfulness Glimpse

An 8-minute practice to unhook from thinking before IFS parts work.

Neurofeedback

Start with the short explainer, then the C-PTSD video, then the therapy page.

neurofeedback for cptsd

Neurofeedback For CPTSD

How brain training can help with hypervigilance, sleep, dissociation, and overwhelm.
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Neurofeedback Therapy

The clinical page: methods I use, what to expect, and how to start.

Male Survivors

Coping Strategies for Male Survivors

Silence, disclosure, shame, and paced recovery after sexual abuse.
How Childhood Sexual Abuse Affects Intimacy in Men

Therapy For Male Survivors

How I work with men in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and online in California.

C-PTSD

C-PTSD in Men

A 9-minute video on C-PTSD in men: shame, numbness, anger, distrust, and why it is so hard to ask for help.

C-PTSD: Common Causes in Men

A 12-minute video on the backgrounds I see most often in men with C-PTSD: childhood abuse, domestic violence, combat, bullying, sexual abuse, institutions, and family chaos.

Your Body and C-PTSD

A 15-minute video on how C-PTSD shows up in the body: gut problems, pain, sleep disruption, muscle armoring, and somatic flashbacks. Education from Michael G. Quirke, MFT.

Why C-PTSD Recovery Is a Long-Term Journey

A 22-minute video on why complex PTSD healing takes time: no quick fix, what a trauma therapist actually does, and the stages of recovery.

Why Is It So Hard To Heal From C-PTSD

A 6-minute video on why complex trauma is hard to heal: shattered safety, a stuck nervous system, fragmented identity, shame, and dissociation that most generalists miss.

Recovering from Complex PTSD: 3 Stages

An 11-minute video on the three stages of C-PTSD recovery: safety and stabilization, remembrance and mourning, reconnection and integration.

Hypervigilance and Trauma: Life on High Alert

A 6-minute video on trauma-related hypervigilance: isolation, poor focus mistaken for ADHD, gut and muscle pain, and how the nervous system can come off red alert.

C-PTSD and Distress Tolerance

A 14-minute video on distress intolerance in C-PTSD: fighting feelings makes them louder. What acceptance is not, and a timed noticing practice. Education only — get a clinician’s go-ahead before the exercise.

C-PTSD Grounding Exercise

A guided “drop anchor” practice: why a dysregulated nervous system cannot learn, then a body-based exercise. Education only — ask your clinician before you try it.

C-PTSD and The Dissociative Spectrum 

A 16-minute overview of dissociation from everyday zoning-out to amnesia, fugue, DPDR, OSDD, and DID — and why missed dissociation stalls therapy.

C-PTSD vs. BPD
Which Is It Really? 

 

A clinical comparison of C-PTSD and BPD: overlap, different relational style, and why a TikTok label is not a diagnosis.

C-PTSD and Life Expectancy

A 12-minute talk on ACE research, chronic stress, and why high childhood trauma load is linked to shorter life-and that this is not carved in stone.

Assessing C-PTSD

How C-PTSD actually gets assessed — why it is missing from the DSM, why people wait years, and what a trauma-trained intake looks for.
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17 Symptoms of C-PTSD

A 14-minute walk through 17 signs Michael sees daily — from emotional flashbacks and gut problems to shame and why this list is not a verdict.

EMDR: What is Attachment Focused EMDR?

What attachment-focused EMDR is, why standard protocol often fails complex trauma, and what to ask before you start.

EMDR: Attachment Focused vs. “Standard” EMDR?

A 14-minute comparison: target, relationship, prep phase, and why standard EMDR can stall or worsen without stabilization.

7 Important Signs of Childhood Trauma

An 11-minute video on seven adult signs of a high-threat childhood — hypervigilance through fear of the body — and why unstructured talk therapy can make it worse.

Relational Trauma vs C-PTSD

A 6-minute video on the difference: relational trauma is the wounding relationship; C-PTSD is one possible aftermath. Not everyone with one has the other.

Trauma, Self-Medication and Addictions

A 3-minute video on why legal and illegal habits — porn, weed, alcohol, games, social media, food — often stall trauma therapy. Education from Michael G. Quirke, MFT.

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Trauma and The Cycle of Relapse 

A 9-minute map of relapse as three stages — emotional, mental, physical — and how to catch it before use.

Paws

Trauma, Addiction and Post-Acute Withdrawal (PAWS)

Why post-acute withdrawal can last months after you stop using — and why it is often trauma, not “just willpower.”
 

Relationships

C-PTSD and Intimate Relationships

A 13-minute video on why high-achieving adults with C-PTSD get stuck in push-pull intimacy, and a structured way couples can talk without debating feelings as facts.

Abandonment Trauma

 

A 7-minute video on abandonment trauma: what causes it, how it shows up in adult relationships, and what couples can do without rushing trust.

C-PTSD and Romantic Relationships

A 5-minute video on five ways C-PTSD can strain a romantic relationship: living together, sex, trust, outbursts, and emotional distance.

If Your Partner Has C-PTSD

A 6-minute video for partners: know triggers, do not take everything personally, stay consistent, keep your own boundaries, and get the survivor into real treatment.

Does Your Partner Have C-PTSD?

A 9-minute video on what partners can actually do: know triggers, stop taking it all personally, stay consistent, hold boundaries, and get trauma-informed help — not generic self-help.

 

Disorganized Attachment:

How It Affects Adult Relationships

A 10-minute video on how disorganized attachment shows up in adult love: push-pull, shame, dissociation, self-sabotage — and what “earned security” actually requires.

Disorganized Attachment: How Common Is It?

A 2-minute video on prevalence: older NIH-cited figures (~15% of U.S. adults; much higher among maltreated children), and why the rate may be rising.

Disorganized Attachment vs Other Styles 

How disorganized (fearful) attachment differs from secure, dismissive-avoidant, and anxious-preoccupied styles — and why both clinging and fleeing can fire at once.

How To Heal Disorganized Attachment

 

A 12-minute video on earned security: specialist therapy, regulation, trauma processing, safer people, and why self-help alone does not change the style.

Attachment, Beliefs and An Exercise For You

An 8-minute video on implicit attachment beliefs — self and other as good or dangerous — plus a short writing prompt. Education only.

IFS and Mindfulness

IFS Therapy

Internal Family Systems as I use it in practice

More on YouTube

Short educational videos on neurofeedback, trauma, male survivors, and IFS. Each page has the player, a written summary, and, where available, a transcript. These are not therapy sessions.

I am a licensed therapist in San Francisco and Palo Alto. The videos are for California residents considering care, and for anyone who wants a clear explanation before they book.

If You Want Therapy

Videos do not replace assessment. Psychotherapy is available to California residents in San Francisco, Palo Alto, and online.

 

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