Grouport's pricing is the same whether you're rural or urban, which actually makes it more affordable for rural folks since you're not driving 100+ miles round trip to appointments. Group therapy at $25/session - $35/session or individual therapy averaging $103/session is way cheaper than in-person therapy which runs $150-300/session in most places. You can use HSA/FSA cards too. So it's definitely less than what you'd pay for local therapy if local therapy even exists as an option.

Generally yes. In-person private practice therapy in cities often costs $200-400+ per session. Grouport costs less because there's no office rent, smaller geographic markets to draw from, and efficiency of scale. You also save on transportation costs and time. Online therapy has made affordable therapy accessible to people who couldn't afford traditional in-person rates.

Trauma-focused therapy is effective for sexual assault trauma. Sexual trauma is highly treatable. It’s important to find a therapist who's experienced with it, and often the most effective outcomes happen when combining individual therapy with group therapy for trauma.

Yes. Anxiety is one of the most treatable conditions. Therapy gives you tools to manage it rather than be controlled by it. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is specifically helpful for anxiety. Many people address anxiety through a combination of individual therapy and group therapy. The key is consistent attendance and practicing skills between sessions since anxiety improves through facing fears and building new neural patterns.

Previous unsuccessful therapy doesn't mean therapy can't help. Having a different therapist, a different approach, and it being a different time can make a major difference. There are so many factors that go into successful therapy. It’s important to try again even if you have failed previously. Discuss your previous experience with your new therapist so they can avoid what didn't work and try different approaches..

DBT-trained therapists expect BPD challenges and have structures supporting them. DBT therapists expect intensity. DBT also helps you commit to reducing therapy-interfering behaviors as part of treatment. Most DBT therapists are quite persistent if you're genuinely trying to put in the work and change. You're not too much and DBT therapy will help you make progress over time.

Regular talk therapy often focuses on insight, understanding why you feel or act certain ways, processing past experiences, exploring patterns. DBT does some of that but emphasizes skills training, teaching you concrete tools you can use right now. Traditional DBT is pretty structured: individual therapy plus a weekly skills group plus phone coaching when you're in crisis. Grouport offers DBT skills groups and DBT individual therapy, and many people combine the two at different levels of intensiveness or do our IOP focused on DBT. The whole approach is more active and directive than traditional psychodynamic therapy. You're practicing skills, tracking your use of them, getting feedback. It's less about insight and more about behavior change.

Radical acceptance means completely accepting reality as it is, without fighting against it or demanding it be different. This doesn't mean approving of it or liking it, just acknowledging what's true. You radically accept things you can't change: past events, other people's choices, certain life circumstances, painful realities. The alternative to acceptance is suffering added to pain, you're in pain from the difficult reality, plus you're suffering from refusing to accept it. Radical acceptance reduces that extra suffering. It's one of the hardest DBT skills because your brain screams "this shouldn't be happening!" But reality doesn't care what should be, it is what it is. Acceptance allows you to stop wasting energy fighting unchangeable reality and start responding effectively.

No live sessions. You're teaching yourself the skills using the program as your guide. So by watching the therapist recorded videos and reading the worksheets on your own, that’s how you’ll build DBT skills through the self-guided program. DBT therapy can include weekly individual sessions, skills groups, coaching or some combination, whereas the self-guided program is the educational component that can be done on your own time. It works well for motivated self-learners, supplement to other therapy, or those who have unpredictable schedules where they need to do self paced work when it's convenient for them. You also get lifetime access for the DBT self-guided program so it's a great tool you can reference to revisit certain skills or sharpen certain areas that you need to refocus on.

Yes, lifetime access includes any updates and improvements made to the program. You can check the platform periodically for notifications about new content, though you'll likely be notified via email if additions occur.

Yes, you can purchase the program as a gift. At checkout, just provide the recipient's email address instead of yours and they'll receive access credentials and information to login.

The self-guided program includes clear video recordings of the therapist going over the material, detailed worksheets, and reading manuals. Many DBT concepts take time and repeated going through to understand, so revisiting content multiple times often clarifies initially confusing material. If you need personalized explanation, live therapy or our DBT skills groups provide that, though requiring scheduled attendance. Our DBT self guided program is laid out clearly and is self intuitive so it's very thorough and easy to follow on its own. Many people couple the DBT self guided program with live online individual therapy or an online DBT skills group for additional accountability around adhering to DBT skills if still needed.