About Me
My name is Dr. Hoyin Chan. I am a Principal Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience working within NHS mental health services. My career began in frontline social work, supporting people in some of the most complex and vulnerable situations imaginable. That experience taught me what a privilege it is to be trusted by someone at a difficult moment in their life. It's a responsibility I hold with great care, and one I never take lightly with any of the clients I work with today.
Over the years I have worked across a wide range of specialist clinical settings, including cancer care, regional burns and plastics, regional sleep, regional long-term ventilation, and HIV services. This means I have particular experience supporting people facing the psychological impact of serious or life-changing physical health conditions. Alongside this, much of my work is with people navigating depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and relationship difficulties — and you don't need a physical health condition to work with me.
I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and draw on a range of evidence-based approaches — including EMDR, CBT, ACT, and Compassion-Focused Therapy — as well as newer model, Internal Family System-informed, that offer clients helpful insight into the deeper origins of their difficulties: why certain patterns keep repeating, where particular beliefs about themselves first took root, and what has been quietly driving their experiences long before they were able to name it. Together, these approaches allow me to build a treatment plan that is tailored to you. No two people are the same, and I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach.
In our sessions, I will never push you somewhere you're not ready to go. These are your sessions — a space to slow down, open up, and explore whatever you bring, at your pace. What many people find is that, once they feel at ease, things they thought were stuck can begin to shift
Clinical Psychology in Manchester and online
Evidence-based therapy for adults, in Manchester and online
Dr. Hoyin Chan
Principal Clinical Psychologist, HCPC Registered
BSc, MA, MSc, DClinPsy, PGDip
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or carrying something you haven't been able to put down?
Maybe you're living with depression that has slowly drained the colour from daily life. Anxiety that follows you into every room — at work, in relationships, in quiet moments when you wish your mind would just rest. A deep, persistent sense that you are not enough, or a pattern of repeating the same painful cycles in relationships no matter how hard you try to break free.
For others, it's something more specific — a life-changing health condition that has turned your world upside down, trauma from the past that keeps finding its way into the present, or a high-functioning anxiety that nobody around you can quite see, but that quietly gets in the way of living the life you want.
Whatever has brought you here — you don't need to have reached a crisis point to access support. You don't need to have everything figured out, or even know exactly what is wrong. Many people who come to me have spent a long time questioning whether their difficulties were "bad enough" to warrant help — and whether therapy was really for someone like them. More often than not, that question alone is reason enough to reach out.
Taking this first step is an act of courage, and I don't take that lightly. I offer a safe and warm space where we can explore your experiences together — without judgement, without pressure, and at your own pace. My aim is not just to help you manage difficulties, but to help you understand yourself more deeply, and to reconnect with a sense of clarity, confidence, and self-worth that may have felt out of reach for a long time.
Comments from previous clients:
"Thank you for the growth you have helped me to achieve, and the trauma you have helped me to unpack and move on from"
"Comparing myself now to when we started our therapy sessions, I feel so much more confident, independent, and authentic to myself, and have moved on from a constant state of fear and uncertainty, to being more calm and content in daily life"
"your approach created a safe space for me to process my trauma, and I’ve gained tools and clarity to navigate challenges more confidently"
"Working with Hoyin has been really valuable, helping me understand the roots of my anxiety and build genuine confidence in myself and my relationships. His approach and use of Internal Family System & EMDR have given me lasting tools to stay balanced, self-aware, and grounded in daily life."
" I didn’t expect to resonate with someone as quickly as I did with you and that made me feel safe to really do the inner work which was challenging but meaningful.
