Transform Your Life Through Neuroscience-Backed Trauma Therapy

Nervous system repair for high-achieving professionals and neurodivergent individuals experiencing trauma-activated anxiety and burnout in New York, New Jersey, and beyond

Therapy in English & Cantonese

( 廣東話)

✓ Led by Manna Chan, LCSW-R (30+ Years Clinical Experience)

✓ Out-of-Network Benefits Reimbursable‍

✓ Neurodivergent Affirming

✓ Asian American Owned Practice‍ ‍

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Therapy Services

You Look Fine When You Don’t Feel Fine

You are highly capable. You lead teams, build careers, care for families, and carry responsibility well.

Yet internally, you are exhausted and know you are not fine. But you cannot out-work a dysregulated nervous system.

Maybe You are Experiencing

  • That persistent hum of "danger" that won’t turn off, no matter how many self-care routines you try or how many goals you achieve.

  • The exhaustion of staying in "constant alert" mode for years where your body has forgotten how to truly downshift into rest.

  • The heavy emotional toll of being the person who holds everything together for everyone else, while your own internal world collapses.

  • A restless scanning of your environment that makes you feel uneasy or "on guard," even when you are objectively safe.

  • Persistent, looping thoughts about your worth, your work, or your safety that make it impossible to stay present in the moment.

  • The realization that you are carrying patterns, silence, perfectionism, or sacrifice that didn't start with you, but feel impossible to break.

Meet the Founder
Meet the Founder

Resting Place for Your Turbulent Sea

Welcome to Alcyon. Our name comes from the kingfisher, a bird known in Greek mythology for bringing calm to troubled waters. We can help you find stillness within your own turbulent experiences, not with trendy life-hacks but by creating a neuroscience backed, structured, and integrative path for healing.

Alcyon Story
Alcyon Story

We specialize in supporting:

  • Navigating the intersection of career success and chronic burnout.

  • Seeking executive functioning strategies that honor their unique wiring.

  • Processing the weight of cultural identity and intergenerational stress.

  • You’re self-aware and have done the work to understand your past, yet your nervous system still reacts. We help you bridge the gap between intellectual insight and true physiological peace, moving from "knowing" your patter.

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Clinical Supervision and Mentorship

Our professional offerings extend the R.S.I. Clinical Pillars beyond individual therapy into clinical supervision and mentorship.

Grounded in over 30 years of clinical leadership experience, these programs emphasize coherence, sequencing, and sustainable growth.

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Alcyon Clinical R.S.I. Framework
Alcyon Clinical R.S.I. Framework

What Our Clients Say

  • “Adopted into an Asian culture where saving face was important, I learned to hide and ignore my problems. I grew up feeling isolated, unwanted and unloved. As an adult, I was diagnosed with severe chronic illness. Having unbearable pain on a daily basis I fell into a deep depression and was in a very dark emotional place. My sessions with my therapist, Manna Chan were life changing. She made therapy a warm, nurturing and enjoyable experience. Not only did she transform my life, she may have saved my life.”

    M.Lee, Ciient

  • “Thank you for helping me navigate transition to a new job and processing my past traumas so I can live a more fulfilling life.”

    N.Y., Client

  • “I feel like Manna had done me tremendous good - when we started, I think like I was in a genuine crisis, and you've really helped me manage things better and process my grief.

    T. J, Client

  • “I have learned so much from Manna and I am very thankful for all the time and care she put into helping me to develop my clinical skills.”

    R.E, Clinician

  • My world truly did collapse. But I pulled through. Your lesson and teaching on coping gave me the strength to do it. You gave me the confidence to believe in myself and my ability to overcome it. You are a REAL superhero. Don’t forget that.

    R.T, Client

  • “I feel like Manna had done me tremendous good - when we started, I think like I was in a genuine crisis, and you've really helped me manage things better and process my grief."em

    M.W, Client

  • " I really appreciate Manna's support and care. She helped me overcome my depression and thus live my life to the fullest."

    H, Choi, Client

  • "It has been a very unforgettable work experience that I had with you. I really appreciate your kindness, patience, and leadership that I have changed so much that I would recognize myself."

    S.C, Clinician

  • "You are a great mentor!"

    Kathy, Clinican

  • "I will never be able to sufficiently articulate how much of an impact (Manna) has made in my life.

    D.A, Client

  • "YOU are the best because you introduced me to Family Constellations & SE, & it changed my life. Literally. "

    Hana Lee, Client

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