Get Better, Together
Group therapy that arrives faster than a Better Access referral.
Grouport connects Australians with small, licensed-therapist-led group sessions over secure video for $32 a session. No GP referral, no Mental Health Treatment Plan paperwork, no 20-week waitlist at a psychology clinic that closed its books last quarter. You are matched with a group in immediate and meet weekly with six to twelve peers who share what you are working through.
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The State of Mental Health in Australia.
Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
residents face across the state.
Mental Illness Prevalence
Wait Time
Median Household Income
Percentage Who Need Therapy
Provider Shortage
Mental Health Providers per 100k Residents
These figures come from the Australian Bureau of Statistics National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing and the WHO Global Health Observatory. They describe a country where prevalence is well understood and openly measured, yet where roughly half of the 5.6 million adults living with a diagnosable condition each year do not connect with a professional. The gap is not awareness. It is capacity, cost, and geography.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Understanding Mental Health Access in Australia.
The Problem
Australia's mental health system runs on a mixed model. Medicare underwrites part of the private psychology sector through the Better Access initiative, which reimburses up to ten subsidised sessions per calendar year once a GP writes a Mental Health Treatment Plan. State-run community mental health services exist alongside it, but those are largely reserved for severe and acute presentations. The result is a middle band, roughly 5.6 million adults with a diagnosable condition in any twelve-month period, who are too well for public crisis services and too constrained by cost or waitlists to sustain private care.
The Impact
The Australian Psychological Society has documented three-to-six month waits for a first appointment with a clinical psychologist in most metropolitan catchments, with many practices closed to new clients entirely. The typical 20-week wait sits inside that range. For someone whose sleep has collapsed or whose relationships are fraying, a five-month runway is not a queue, it is a season. People compensate with GPs writing scripts, with peer forums, with silence, or with the private-fee route that regularly leaves an out-of-pocket gap above A$90 per session even after the Medicare rebate.
The Solution
Online group therapy addresses the specific pressure points in the Australian system rather than trying to replace it. Groups of six to twelve peers meet weekly over video with a licensed therapist facilitating. The model is designed for the person who has been told the local clinic has a 20-week list, who does not want to keep paying A$200-plus per one-to-one session out of pocket, or who lives outside a Modified Monash Model 1-4 area where the psychology workforce simply is not present. It sits beside Medicare care rather than competing with it.
Grouport's matching runs in immediate because there is no state-based licensing choke point on the client side and no GP referral requirement. Sessions happen over HIPAA-compliant video, so a resident of Broken Hill, Katherine, or Karratha attends the same group as someone in Bondi. The service is delivered in English by licensed therapists, which fits a country where English is functionally universal and where roughly 28 percent of residents were born overseas. There is no drive to the CBD after work, no parking, no waiting room.
Access and Availability Across Australia.
Access in Australia is uneven in ways the aggregate numbers obscure. The country has world-class training pipelines and a Medicare system that many other high-income nations envy, yet the practical experience of trying to book a psychologist in June for a spring appointment is common enough to be a running joke in GP surgeries. The pressure sits hardest on the middle-severity band and on anyone outside the eastern seaboard capitals.
Geographic Barriers
Extended Wait Times
Systemic Challenges
Urban-Rural Divide
Affordable Group Therapy Costs for Australian Residents.
Affordability and Income
Priced against Australian earnings, A$140 a month is a small share of median full-time monthly pay and considerably less than the monthly cost of an unsubsidised weekly psychology session. Because the price is flat and includes all weekly sessions, there is no session-count calculus and no worry about the eleventh Better Access session tipping into full private fees mid-year. For self-employed Australians, contractors, and international students without extras cover, the cost predictability matters as much as the headline number.
Hidden Cost and Barriers
The sticker price on a suburban psychology session is only part of the real cost. Australians factor in the drive to a city practice, CBD parking rates that regularly exceed A$40 for two hours, time off work in a country where mental health leave is inconsistently supported, and for regional and remote residents the fuel, accommodation, or Regional Air Assistance if flying in is required. A weekly telehealth group removes every one of those line items, which for a rural client can rival the session fee itself.
Immediate Availability
The immediate group start window is the second half of the value proposition. In a country where the practical alternative is a 20-week wait for a first appointment, the ability to be in a group by the end of the following week reframes what the money is buying. It is not just a lower price for the same product, it is access on a fundamentally different timeline.
Australians pay some of the highest per-session psychology fees in the OECD, with APS-recommended rates sitting north of A$300 per hour and clinical psychologist fees frequently above that. Even after a Medicare rebate under Better Access, the out-of-pocket gap has averaged above A$90 per session in recent government evaluations. Grouport sits at A$140 per month, or about $32 per session, which repositions therapy from a discretionary spend that competes with rent and groceries into a fixed subscription line.
How it Works
Choose your online therapy group
Choose your desired online therapy group and sign up for our weekly plan. Most of our groups are $35/session, but our skills groups are $25/session.
Personalized match
We’ll ensure you're matched to an online therapy group that best fits your mental health challenges and schedule. Don’t worry if you’re not entirely sure which group is right for you, as after signing up, a care coordinator can help make sure you get started in the group that’s right for you. We typically match you to a group right away!
Meet weekly with your group
Join your group over video chat at the same time each week for 60-minute sessions. You’ll meet with the same members & therapist with a group of up to 12 members. Additional membership perks can include weekly handouts, symptom tracking, and one-off workshops.
Mental Health Conditions We Treat in Australia.
Grouport runs weekly groups for anxiety, depression, DBT skills, grief and loss, relationship issues, OCD, PTSD and trauma processing, ADHD, chronic pain and illness, LGBTQIA+ experience, and parenting. These map onto the presentations that Australian GPs most often see under Mental Health Treatment Plans, from generalised anxiety and mood disorders through post-traumatic responses and adjustment issues after a life event. Group work is particularly well suited to the interpersonal side of these conditions, where hearing another Australian describe the same pattern often does what a solo session cannot.
Get Help for:
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Trauma & Stress Related Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders
Personality Disorders
Eating & Body Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Life Challenges
Relationship Issues, Codependency, Attachment Issues, Divorce, Loneliness, Anger Management, Self-Esteem, Grief & Loss, Chronic Illness, Gender Dysphoria, Infertility, Fertility Treatment & IVF Support, Pregnancy Loss & Miscarriage, Couples Issues, Parenting, Supporting a loved one, LGBTQIA Support
Other Disorders
Self harm
Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation, Self-injury, Suicide Survival
Common Treatments
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), Exposure Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychodynamic Therapy, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), Narrative Therapy, Schema Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Interpersonal Therapy (IPT), Behavioral Activation
Meet Our Therapists
Our therapists represent a wide range of clinical specialties & diverse backgrounds. They all undergo the most stringent credentialing process. Grouport therapists are caring, expert mental health professionals with years of experience helping people get the tools they need to see long-lasting change.
Grouport therapists are licensed clinicians, working in English, with experience running virtual groups for internationally distributed cohorts. For Australian clients this means sessions in the language most Australians already work, study, and think in, and clinicians who are used to time-zone bridging with the eastern seaboard and Perth. Because the format is group rather than one-to-one, cultural context is built collaboratively by the participants themselves alongside the facilitator, which matches the way many Australians already talk about mental health with peers rather than with authority figures.
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Grouport’s Results
80% of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70% of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50% of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
80%
of our members start with moderate to severe mental health symptoms
70%
of our members feel significantly better within just 8 weeks
50%
of our members achieve remission levels within just 8 weeks
Find your Group
Affordable Group Therapy & Care Options in Australia.
Group, individual, couples, family, IOP, and teen therapy — all online, all therapist-led. Mix and match care options to fit your needs — and get discounted pricing when you bundle.
Group Therapy
$35/session
billed at $140/month
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Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
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Meaningful Results
Check out how our services have helped our members see life-changing results
Stephanie
“Grouport is time flexible and affordable and if it didn’t exist, I don’t know where I would go. I had looked into other places before Grouport and there really wasn’t any option like it.”
Michael
“I highly recommend this to anyone who is struggling with anxiety or depression. The therapists are top notch and have made me feel really comfortable and my anxiety has improved tremendously in only a few sessions!”
Isabel
"I joined Grouport to work on myself and to heal. I’m learning so much at every session! The change I see not only in myself but in my fellow group members is abundantly encouraging and profoundly fulfilling. Group therapy with Grouport is a powerful healing tool."
Sheldon
“I was feeling very down at the end of 2020 and I was ready to do something drastic that I know I'd likely regret. The group definitely helped show me that there are people who feel the same way as I do.”
Nancy
“The therapy from Grouport is high quality and convenient. I am becoming much more self aware and am liking myself more. My relationships at work are better and I’m much happier.”
Emily
“I like the connection you can make with total strangers and the confidentiality it comes with.”
Danielle
"Grouport can help you with your issues. Their therapists are well trained to work with you on your issues. I felt my anxiety greatly improve after only a few sessions. I highly recommend it!"
Glenn
"Grouport's approach to DBT is a real strength. This approach provides tools and methods for working with difficult emotions and getting a handle on them. It has given me hope where other approaches have failed."
Common Questions About Group Therapy in Australia.
Australia's system leans on GP-referred Mental Health Care Plans, which cover up to 10 rebated individual sessions per year with a psychologist, often with 15-to-20-week waits in metro areas and longer in regional communities. Bulk-billed appointments are increasingly rare, and out-of-pocket gaps of $100 to $150 per session are common after rebate. Grouport is different in three ways: it's group-format rather than 1:1, so you get weekly peer connection instead of a solo hour; there's no referral, plan, or session cap; and you can usually start within a week of matching rather than waiting a full quarter. The trade-off is that we don't issue Medicare item numbers or private-health receipts recognised by Australian insurers, and we can't prescribe. Many Australian members use Grouport as their consistent weekly touchpoint while keeping a local GP for anything medication-related.
Yes. Grouport works well for Australians who want structured group therapy without long Medicare or Better Access waitlists. Sessions run in English with licensed U.S. clinicians, and our schedule includes evening times in New York that map to comfortable morning slots across AEST, ACST, and AWST, most Australian members join before work or during lunch. Payment is handled in USD through standard international cards, so you don't need a U.S. bank account. There's no Medicare rebate (we sit outside the Australian mental health system), but the flat weekly membership is typically less than a single unrebated private session locally. If you're currently on a Mental Health Care Plan or seeing a psychologist in Australia, Grouport can run alongside that work as a peer-support and skills layer rather than replacing your local prescriber or GP.
Group Therapy Available Across Australia.
Counties
New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory
Cities
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong, Hobart, Geelong, Townsville, Cairns, Darwin, Toowoomba
Zip Codes
Grouport serves all zip codes across Australia. If you have an address in Australia, Grouport can serve you regardless of your zip code.
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