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You’re not the problem — hidden patterns from your past are.
Life experiences embed real, lasting patterns in your mind and body.
These patterns are like computer code running in the background, replaying as thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. You may be unaware of them, but these patterns are creating your life experience.
- Did you grow up with critical parents? You’re programmed to feel anxious, anticipating criticism.
- Lived with unpredictable moods in your family? You’re programmed to scan for danger -- it's not safe to relax.
- Learned you had to be perfect to earn love? You’re programmed to worry about your performance, chase perfection, or avoid anything where you might not look flawless.
These patterns make everything harder — school, work, relationships, sleep. They can even affect your health.
Healing these patterns is life-changing. The sooner you get started, the sooner you start living the life you want.
When change feels impossible
Trying to improve without overcoming these life patterns feels like a tug‑of‑war with yourself:
- You long for love and intimacy — the patterns makes intimacy feel unsafe.
- You want to speak up for yourself — the patterns create fear and expectations of rejection.
This life programming doesn’t stop running in response to logical arguments. You can't escape its effects by reading self-help books or with conventional talk therapy.
It's very difficult to move forward if your patterns think forward means danger. The harder you try, the worse you might feel. Your patterns make you feel more and more uncomfortable in effort to protect you.
These patterns are not who you are
You've picked up programming from your past experience, but its separate from your true Self.
When you let these patterns go, you’re not losing yourself. You’re reclaiming who you and were always meant to be.
How we change the patterns that run you
With 30 years of experience, I've developed a deep expertise in helping people identify the patterns behind their problems.
The process is often eye-opening -- as people discover the hidden programming that's causing their pain and blocking their progress.
Together, we'll use gentle, effective tools that work with your natural ability to change -- not just your thoughts, but what's held in your subconscious mind, your body and your energy field.
Seems Too Good To Be True?
Energy Psychology is a collection of related therapy modalities that I draw most heavily upon to help people change.
Energy Psychology is:
- Backed by 200+ research studies
- Used by therapists worldwide and by trauma first‑responders
- Effective even for severe trauma
- Known for producing rapid results so you'll often feel meaningful change during sessions
What will I experience when life patterns change?
- Painful memories lose their emotional charge, bringing you to a place of neutrality instead of emotional suffering
- Limiting beliefs no longer feel true and stop running your life
- Undesirable habits and reactions fade -- sometimes even stop on a dime -- and more helpful behaviors naturally take their place.
My clients say they:
- Respond to stress from a grounded, calm place — without panic or otherthinking
- Enjoy life more and stay present in their lives, instead of responding to scary scenarios they're imagining
- Feel worthy of being in healthy relationships
- Navigate relationships smoothly and recognize harmful relationships and take action so they don't prolong their suffering
- Feel worthy of good relationships
- Take appropriate risks and pursue ambitious goals with greater confidence
Mark Bottinick, LCSW‑C
I’m a Psychotherapist with 30+ years’ experience in Maryland.
I’ve run a public mental health clinic for complex cases, trained and supervised therapists and other staff, and maintained a private practice throughout my career.
I also serve on the Board of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP), helping advance these life‑changing approaches.
From the start of my career, I wanted to move beyond the limits of talk therapy. Exploring body‑based methods, hypnosis, and other mind‑body approaches finally led me to Energy Psychology — breakthrough techniques that work with the human energy‑information system to create rapid, lasting results.
I adopted this unconventional approach because I saw what it could do. Rapid, lasting change -- sometimes in a single session-- with people had felt stuck for years.
After three decades of doing this work, I’m no longer surprised by the amazing transformations I witness -- even in people who have felt stuck for years. I love that every session has the potential to make a real, noticeable difference-- and each one deepens my understanding of how people heal.
Ready to experience what’s possible?
These patterns have been running your life long enough.
Schedule your no‑pressure consultation today!