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Reunion residents face a 20-week wait for mental health support locally, in a system with just 1.4 mental health workers per 100,000. Grouport connects islanders with licensed therapists in 6-12 person English-language groups for $32 per session, matched to a fitting cohort right away over HIPAA-secure video.

Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
residents face across the state.
1.4 per 100,000 mental health workers serve the entire Reunion population, one of the lowest ratios in the African region.
right away is Grouport's matching window, replacing the 20-week local queue with a same-week English-language group placement.
Middle-low income classification places Reunion households under sustained pressure, making $32-per-session care more attainable than local private options.
55% urban concentration means nearly half of Reunion residents live in rural cirques and coastal villages where in-person clinics are hours away.
20-week wait is the typical delay before a Reunion resident sees a mental health professional through the public system.
6-12 members per group create a peer circle large enough for diverse perspectives yet small enough for every Reunion participant to speak each session.
These figures explain why islanders increasingly look beyond Reunion for mental health support. A workforce of 1.4 per 100,000 cannot absorb demand from 860,000+ residents, and the 20-week queue effectively closes the door for anyone in acute need.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Reunion sits within the WHO African Region, which reports the world's thinnest mental health workforce density. The territory's own 1.4-per-100,000 ratio confirms this: for every 71,000 residents there is roughly one mental health professional of any kind, spread across psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and social workers combined. Concentrating that workforce in Saint-Denis and Saint-Pierre leaves the interior cirques of Cilaos, Mafate, and Salazie effectively unserved, and creates the 20-week wait that greets most first-time help-seekers.
The impact ripples outward from the queue itself. Middle-low-income households absorb transportation costs to reach the coastal cities where clinicians cluster, then wait months for an intake, then face out-of-pocket fees that public reimbursement does not fully cover. Working adults lose paid hours, parents scramble for childcare, and rural residents in the 45% of Reunion outside the two main urban zones often abandon the process altogether. The result is a mental health gap that statistics understate.
Online group therapy sidesteps every bottleneck the 1.4-per-100,000 ratio creates. Grouport draws from a pool of licensed therapists rather than the constrained local workforce, so the 20-week queue does not apply. Sessions run over HIPAA-secure video from any Reunion address with a stable connection, so the urban-rural divide dissolves. The $32-per-session price ($140 monthly) is set once, in English, with no reimbursement paperwork required from local sickness funds.
20-week wait is the typical delay before a Reunion resident sees a mental health professional through the public system.
Grouport's matching engine reads each intake right away and places the participant in a 6-12 person English-speaking group focused on their specific concern. Reunion members join the same cohort weekly, building continuity that a fragmented local system rarely offers. Because the format is text-verified video with a licensed clinician facilitating, the standard of care matches what an American member would receive on the same platform, without leaving the island.
Access to mental health care in Reunion is defined by three numbers: 1.4 workers per 100,000, a 20-week wait, and the 45% of residents living outside the two urban corridors. Grouport is engineered to make each of those numbers irrelevant for the individual seeking help.
At $32 per session, a Reunion participant attending weekly spends $140 per month for unlimited group access, a rate that stays constant regardless of currency fluctuations or local reimbursement rules. Compared with private per-session fees in Saint-Denis, which routinely run several multiples of that figure and often require out-of-pocket payment above what the local sickness fund covers, Grouport removes both the sticker price and the reimbursement uncertainty. Middle-low-income households can budget mental health care as a predictable line item rather than a variable expense, and the group format is what makes that pricing structurally sustainable rather than a promotional rate.
The hidden costs of Reunion's local system rarely appear on any invoice. A resident of Cilaos or Salazie loses a full workday to reach a Saint-Pierre appointment; a Mafate resident may spend more on transport than on the session itself. Add childcare, fuel, and lost wages across 20 weeks of waiting and multiple follow-ups, and the true price of a single therapy relationship climbs well past the visible fee. Grouport erases every one of those line items because sessions happen at home over HIPAA-secure video, on a Reunion-friendly evening schedule aligned with the island's UTC+4 time zone.
Value also compounds through time-to-first-session. Local care that takes 20 weeks to begin costs 20 weeks of untreated symptoms; Grouport's immediate group start window means the first billable session is also the first therapeutic session, with no runway of waiting between payment and progress. For a Reunion resident, this converts $32 into immediate care rather than deferred care.
For a middle-low-income territory where private mental health care tracks metropolitan French pricing, cost is often the decisive barrier before wait times even become relevant. Grouport's fixed $32 per session and $140 monthly rate is designed to fit Reunion household budgets while delivering the same licensed clinical standard offered to American members.
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 runs specialized English-language groups covering anxiety, depression, DBT skills, grief, relationship challenges, trauma processing, and more. Each 6-12 person cohort is topic-focused so Reunion members join peers navigating similar circumstances, whether that is coastal isolation, cross-cultural work stress, or the general strain of living in a territory with 1.4 mental health workers per 100,000 residents.
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 group is facilitated by a licensed therapist credentialed at the master's or doctoral level, drawn from a pool the constrained Reunion workforce of 1.4 per 100,000 cannot locally match. Clinicians are matched to Reunion members based on presenting concern, preferred meeting time in UTC+4, and group dynamics, so islanders receive a facilitator suited to their situation rather than whichever local clinician happens to have an opening after 20 weeks.
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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."
Private psychologues in Reunion typically charge between 55 and 80 euros per session, with most concentrated around Saint-Denis, Saint-Pierre, and Saint-Paul. Sécurité sociale reimbursement through the Mon Soutien Psy program covers a limited number of sessions per year at a capped rate, and public CMP services are heavily oversubscribed, with waits that regularly reach 20 weeks and few structured group options outside hospital settings.
Grouport is a flat 140 US dollars per month for unlimited weekly group sessions, billed in USD and payable by any international Visa, Mastercard, or American Express card issued in Reunion. That works out to roughly 32 to 35 dollars per session at four sessions a month, with no waitlist, no referral, and no travel involved. Sessions run in English with licensed clinicians, so
Reunion has roughly 1.4 mental health professionals per 100,000 people, one of the lowest ratios among French overseas departments. Public sector wait times through the EPSMR and CMP network commonly stretch to around 20 weeks, and specialist coverage outside Saint-Denis and Saint-Pierre thins quickly. Residents in Cilaos, Salazie, Saint-Philippe, or the highland cirques often face long drives on winding mountain roads just to reach a first appointment, and structured group formats are rare outside inpatient settings.
Grouport's online group therapy removes that geography entirely. With a smartphone or laptop and a stable internet connection, you can join a weekly video session from anywhere on the island, whether you are in the coastal urban belt or a remote interior commune. Groups are led by licensed clinicians and matched to the concern you are working on, so you get consistent, evidence-based support without a months-long waitlist or a cross-island drive. For many people in Reunion, this is the fastest realistic route to specialist-led mental health care.
North, South, East, and West coastal zones, plus the three interior cirques of Cilaos, Mafate, and Salazie, and the volcanic Plaine-des-Cafres plateau, are all served identically over HIPAA-secure video.
Saint-Denis, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Paul, Le Tampon, Saint-Andre, Saint-Louis, Saint-Benoit, Le Port, Saint-Joseph, Saint-Leu, Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Suzanne, Petite-Ile, Salazie, Cilaos, Bras-Panon, Entre-Deux, and Trois-Bassins.
Grouport serves all zip codes across Reunion. If you have an address in Reunion, Grouport can serve you regardless of your zip code.
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