Horace Spence, RSSW, BA, INS

What's My Approach to Therapy?

My Practice & Services

When you come to therapy with me, you’re stepping into a space where you don’t need to be strong, perfect, or put together. Life can pull you in many directions—family, relationships, work, culture, expectations—and sometimes the weight of it all becomes too much to carry alone. My practice is a place where you can breathe, slow down, and actually feel supported.

I work with people who often feel overwhelmed, stuck in old patterns, or unsure how to move forward. Many of my clients are balancing the pressure to succeed with the pressure to heal—and they’re tired of doing it in silence. If that sounds like you, I want you to know that you’ll be met with warmth, honesty, and a genuine desire to understand your story.

My approach blends talk therapy with mind–body awareness and culturally grounded insight. I help you explore the moments that shaped you, the relationships that influence you, and the emotional habits that show up in your everyday life. Together, we make sense of your experiences and create practical steps that help you feel clearer, calmer, and more in control.

You don’t need to have the right words or the perfect explanation. You don’t need to impress me. You just need to show up—and we’ll work from there. My goal is to help you feel seen, supported, and strengthened as you move into a healthier season of your life.

If you’re ready to reconnect with yourself, rebuild your emotional foundation, and grow in a way that reflects who you truly are, I’d be honoured to work with you at CoachSpence Wellness & Therapy Services.

How Psychotherapy Can Help

Psychotherapy gives you a private space to slow down, unpack what you're carrying, and understand yourself on a deeper level. Many of us move through life on autopilot?managing stress, relationships, work, and expectations without ever having the chance to breathe or make sense of what we?re feeling. Therapy helps change that.

In our work together, you?ll learn how your past experiences, cultural background, family patterns, and emotional habits shape the way you show up today. Psychotherapy can help you:

Reduce stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm

Break old patterns that keep repeating

Improve communication and relationships

Build stronger boundaries and self-respect

Heal from childhood wounds or painful experiences

Strengthen confidence and emotional regulation

Reconnect with yourself and your values

Create healthier habits and decision-making

Feel more balanced, grounded, and in control

Therapy isn?t about ?fixing? you?it?s about supporting you. It?s a collaborative process where you?re heard, understood, and guided with care. I help you explore what?s behind your stress or frustration, unpack the meaning of your reactions, and develop practical tools you can use every day.

Psychotherapy can improve the way you think, feel, and relate to others. Most importantly, it helps you move from survival mode into a life that feels calmer, clearer, and more intentional.

My Role as a Therapist

My role as your therapist is to be a steady, grounded support in your life?someone who listens without judgment, understands your cultural and personal experiences, and helps you make sense of the thoughts and emotions you?ve been carrying. I?m here to help you feel safe enough to open up, strong enough to explore difficult truths, and supported enough to grow in ways that matter to you.

I don?t tell you who to be or how to think. Instead, I walk with you as you uncover the patterns, experiences, and beliefs that shape your life. Together, we explore how your past influences your present, how your relationships impact your emotional world, and how your body responds to stress and overwhelm. I help you slow down, reflect, and build new pathways toward clarity, confidence, and balance.

As your therapist, I hold space for the parts of you that feel unheard or misunderstood. I challenge you when needed, affirm you when it matters, and guide you with tools that help you manage stress, strengthen boundaries, and heal from patterns that no longer serve you. My role is to support your growth, honour your story, and help you move toward a healthier, more grounded version of yourself.

Ultimately, my role is to help you see yourself more clearly, feel more in control of your emotions, and build a life that reflects who you truly are?one step, one session, and one breakthrough at a time.

My Therapy Focus

My therapy focus is on helping you understand yourself more deeply, break the emotional patterns that keep repeating, and build a life that feels calmer, clearer, and more grounded. I work with people who carry a lot?stress, anxiety, cultural pressure, relationship challenges, childhood wounds, or a sense that they?re always surviving instead of truly living.

I help you explore how your experiences have shaped the way you think, feel, and respond. Together, we look at your emotions, relationships, boundaries, and inner world with curiosity instead of judgment. My focus is on helping you:

Make sense of overwhelming thoughts and feelings

Strengthen emotional regulation and confidence

Improve communication and relationship patterns

Heal from past experiences that still affect you

Set boundaries without guilt

Understand the cultural and family dynamics shaping your identity

Reduce stress, anxiety, and burnout

Reconnect with your authentic self

I bring a culturally aware, mind?body approach to therapy. This means we explore not only what you?re thinking but what your body remembers, what your culture taught you, and how your environment still influences your emotional world.

My focus is always on you?your pace, your goals, and your story. Whether you?re navigating the weight of life, trying to break generational patterns, or seeking deeper emotional clarity, therapy with me is about helping you feel safe, empowered, and supported as you grow.