Get Better, Together
With only 45.77 mental health workers per 100,000 people in Grenada and average waits of six weeks to see a local provider, meaningful support can feel out of reach. Grouport connects residents of St. George's, Grenville, Gouyave, and every parish to licensed therapists through HIPAA-secure video groups for $32 per session, you can join a group right away.

Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
residents face across the state.
45.77 per 100,000 mental health workers serve the entire tri-island state, well below the Caribbean regional average and a fraction of what the WHO recommends for adequate care.
6 weeks is the typical wait to see a mental health provider in Grenada, an interval during which acute anxiety, grief, or depressive episodes often worsen without intervention.
Middle-low income economy, where a single private counseling session in St. George's can cost the equivalent of several days of median earnings.
Only 36.6% of Grenadians live in urban St. George's or Grenville, leaving nearly two-thirds of the population in rural parishes with almost no in-person mental health services.
Fewer than 50 mental health workers per 100,000 Grenadians, meaning most parishes outside the capital have no full-time psychologist or licensed counselor at all.
AMR region country classification, where Caribbean small-island states consistently report the widest treatment gaps between diagnosed need and available specialist care.
Numbers from the WHO Global Health Observatory and World Bank paint a clear picture: Grenada's 112,000 residents are served by roughly 51 mental health workers total, most concentrated in St. George's General Hospital and a handful of NGO clinics. For someone in Sauteurs or Hillsborough facing a panic attack tonight, the six-week queue is not a scheduling inconvenience, it is the difference between suffering alone and getting help.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Grenada's mental health system rests on a small core of public-sector clinicians at Mt. Gay Hospital and outreach services stretched across three inhabited islands. With 45.77 workers per 100,000 residents, the ratio sits far below the 100+ per 100,000 target the WHO sets for adequate service coverage. Community stigma around emotional distress, particularly in tight-knit parish communities where anonymity is nearly impossible, means many Grenadians delay seeking help until crisis. When they do reach out, the six-week wait for a first appointment often coincides with the very peak of their distress.
The consequences ripple through families and workplaces. Untreated depression contributes to reduced productivity in Grenada's tourism and agriculture sectors, the backbone of a middle-low income economy. Adolescents in Carriacou and Petite Martinique, physically separated from mainland specialists by a ferry ride, often have no realistic access to a licensed therapist at all. Adults juggling multiple jobs to make ends meet cannot afford the travel time to St. George's for weekly appointments, even when a slot eventually opens up. The result is a treatment gap that WHO Americas region data consistently identifies as one of the widest in the hemisphere.
Online group therapy dissolves the geographic and capacity constraints simultaneously. A single licensed clinician on Grouport can serve a group of 6-12 Grenadians drawn from every parish and both sister islands, multiplying reach without multiplying the local workforce. Because sessions happen over HIPAA-secure video from home, participants avoid the visibility of walking into a clinic in a small community. And at $32 per session or $140 per month, the cost sits well below private in-person therapy anywhere in the eastern Caribbean.
Fewer than 50 mental health workers per 100,000 Grenadians, meaning most parishes outside the capital have no full-time psychologist or licensed counselor at all.
Grouport matches new members right away, means you can join right away. Groups meet weekly on encrypted video, so a fisherman in Gouyave, a hotel worker in Grand Anse, and a student in St. George's can share the same circle without any of them leaving home. The service does not depend on Grenada's limited pool of local specialists, meaning Grouport's capacity is not constrained by the 45.77 per 100,000 ratio that bottlenecks the domestic system.
For a country of 112,000 spread across Grenada, Carriacou, and Petite Martinique, the domestic mental health workforce is thin by any measure. WHO figures put the total at roughly 51 workers, concentrated overwhelmingly in the capital. This shapes who can realistically get care, when, and at what cost.
Grouport's $32 per session rate, or $140 per month for weekly attendance, translates to roughly EC$86 per session at current exchange rates. For comparison, private licensed counselors in St. George's typically charge EC$200-400 per hour, meaning Grouport delivers a licensed clinician at less than half the price of local private care, and often less than a quarter. Public clinic visits are subsidized but come bundled with the six-week wait and travel costs. When measured against Grenada's middle-low income earnings, $140 per month for unlimited weekly group sessions is one of the few therapy options that fits a realistic household budget without requiring insurance coverage that most Grenadians do not have.
The sticker price on domestic in-person therapy tells only part of the story. A resident of St. Andrew traveling to St. George's for a weekly session loses roughly EC$20 in round-trip bus fare and three to four hours of the workday, which for hourly workers in tourism or retail can mean lost wages exceeding the session fee itself. Carriacou residents face ferry costs of EC$80 round-trip plus overnight accommodation if the appointment does not align with the return sailing. Grouport requires only an internet connection and a private room for the video call, eliminating every one of these ancillary expenses.
The economic argument sharpens further when time-to-treatment is included. Six weeks of unaddressed anxiety or depression exact a real cost through missed workdays, strained relationships, and worsening symptoms that often require more intensive intervention later. Grouport's immediate group start window means treatment starts before that spiral takes hold, protecting income, family stability, and long-term health at a fraction of what delayed care would ultimately cost the household.
Grenada is classified as a middle-low income economy by the World Bank, and mental healthcare costs need to be evaluated against that reality. A single private counseling session in St. George's, when one can be booked, often runs several times the price of a Grouport session, and that is before travel and time off work are factored in.
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.
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!
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.
Grouport groups run for anxiety, depression, grief, relationship stress, trauma recovery, and dialectical behavior therapy skills, the same categories that dominate presenting concerns at Mt. Gay Hospital's mental health unit. Because groups are drawn from members across the US and Caribbean, Grenadian participants find themselves in circles where the specific themes of small-island life, tight family networks, migration, and economic pressure resonate without needing lengthy explanation.
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
Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation, Self-injury, Suicide Survival
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

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.
Every Grouport clinician holds an active clinical license as a psychologist, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed professional counselor, with specialized training in group facilitation. Grenadians work with the same caliber of licensed therapist Grouport delivers globally, without the airfare, visa, or six-week wait. Matching considers presenting concerns, schedule, and preferred group focus.
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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
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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."
Grenada has roughly 45.77 mental health workers per 100,000 people, and referrals through the public system typically involve a wait of around six weeks before a first appointment. Most specialist care flows through the Mt. Gay Psychiatric Hospital or a handful of private practitioners concentrated around St. George's, and structured weekly group therapy programs are rarely offered on-island. For residents in St. Andrew, St. Patrick, or Carriacou, that often means a long trip on top of the wait, and in a country of roughly 113,000 people, privacy concerns can make seeing a local provider socially uncomfortable.
Grouport is designed to close both gaps. You are typically matched to a group within about a week, meet weekly from home with a licensed clinician using evidence-based approaches like CBT and DBT, and sit alongside members from other countries, sidestepping the confidentiality worry that comes with a small island. It complements rather than replaces any local psychiatric care or medication management you may already receive.
Yes. Grenada runs on Atlantic Standard Time (UTC-4) year-round, which aligns with US Eastern Time in the summer and puts you just one hour ahead the rest of the year. That means Grouport's weekday and evening US session slots land at reasonable local hours from St. George's, Grenville, Gouyave, or Carriacou, and there is no need to stay up late or take time off work to attend your weekly 60-minute group.
English is the official language, so you join in your first language and never navigate translation friction with your licensed clinicians or fellow group members. Payment is straightforward and predictable: Grouport bills in US dollars, and the Eastern Caribbean dollar is pegged to the USD at a fixed 2.70 rate, so your monthly cost does not swing with currency markets. Any Visa or Mastercard issued by Republic Bank, CIBC FirstCaribbean, RBTT, or the Grenada Co-operative Bank works, and you only need a stable internet connection and a private space to attend.
St. George, St. John, St. Mark, St. Patrick, St. Andrew, St. David, Carriacou and Petite Martinique dependency.
St. George's, Gouyave, Grenville, Victoria, Sauteurs, Hillsborough, Grand Anse, Woburn, Sanjere Grande, Concord, Tivoli, and every settlement along the coastal ring road and interior parishes.
Grouport serves all zip codes across Grenada. If you have an address in Grenada, Grouport can serve you regardless of your zip code.
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