Individual therapy for French Polynesia, without the flight to Papeete.

A stable internet connection of at least 3 Mbps is recommended for video sessions. If video connection isn't working well for some reason, you can always switch to audio-only during the session.

Yes\! You can attend over video chat on any smartphone. While we recommend video on a computer or laptop for the best therapeutic experience, you can attend sessions by any smartphone as well. Additionally, you can also attend sessions by audio only if needed, though we recommend to join by video for the best experience.

Getting started is easy. First, visit grouporttherapy.com and click "Get Started". This will take you to https://www.grouporttherapy.com/service-types, to first select which type of therapy you’re interested in and to complete a brief intake form about your therapy goals and preferences. Then, we'll match you with a licensed therapist/your group based on your needs and any specific requests you may have. After signing up, a care coordinator will get in touch with you via email &/or phone to walk you through available therapists and scheduling. You’ll make the final choice about your care, including which therapists you’ll meet with and when based on your preferences and schedule. You'll then be confirmed for your sessions, and be able to attend your sessions weekly over video chat.

Yes, therapy effectively addresses motivation and procrastination by exploring underlying causes such as perfectionism making starting to feel overwhelming, fear of failure or success, ADHD affecting executive function, depression depleting energy and interest, anxiety causing avoidance, unclear values and goals, learned helplessness, or simple lack of skills in planning and time management. Your therapist helps you understand your specific barriers to motivation, develop realistic goals and break them into manageable steps, address thinking patterns that maintain procrastination, build accountability, create structures supporting follow-through, and develop self-compassion (harsh self-criticism worsens motivation). CBT and behavioral activation are evidence-based approaches for motivation concerns.

Different therapy approaches suit different needs: CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) focuses on changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, effective for anxiety, depression, OCD. DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) teaches specific skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness, developed initially for BPD but useful for anyone with intense emotions. Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns affect current life. EMDR specifically treats trauma through bilateral stimulation. ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) focuses on accepting difficult thoughts rather than changing them and aligning actions with values. Your therapist explains their approach and why it fits your needs. Many therapists integrate multiple approaches where relevant.

Yes, individual therapy is valuable during divorce for processing grief and loss, managing anxiety and overwhelming emotions, making important decisions (custody, finances, living arrangements), coping with change and uncertainty, addressing anger or resentment productively, supporting children through the transition, establishing your identity outside the marriage, managing conflict with your ex, and planning for your post-divorce life. Divorce is one of life's most stressful experiences, and therapy provides essential support during this transition. Your therapist maintains neutrality about divorce decisions but supports you through whatever you choose. Many people attend therapy intensively during divorce then reduce frequency after things stabilize.

Difficulty opening up is common, especially early in therapy. Good therapists understand this and create safety gradually. Strategies that help include starting with less vulnerable topics and working up to harder issues, remembering therapy is confidential and judgment-free, understanding your therapist has heard everything before, recognizing that opening up gets easier with practice, telling your therapist directly "I have trouble opening up" (this itself is opening up), writing thoughts if speaking feels hard, and remembering therapy moves at your own pace. Many people who initially feel like they can't open up eventually do. Trust develops over time. Your therapist watches for signs you're holding back and gently encourages exploration without forcing disclosure.

Big life changes, moving, career shifts, relationship changes, becoming a parent, dealing with empty nest, retirement, create stress anywhere. Therapy supports you through transitions, helps you adapt to change, and processes grief about what you're leaving behind.

If you're in a country with limited healthcare, expensive medical care, or healthcare you don't trust, that creates legitimate anxiety. Therapy can't fix healthcare systems but helps you cope with the fear about medical access and make plans for health emergencies. If the access pertains to mental health care access, that’s what we help with directly through all our therapy options.

Yes, absolutely. Research backs this up, online group therapy works for depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, relationship issues, and more. You get peer support, multiple perspectives, practice social skills, and realization you're not alone. Individual therapy provides more personalized attention and privacy. Many people benefit from both since they are complementary to each other, group for community and individual for personal work. Group is just a different format with unique benefits.

Grouport sessions happen from your home over a HIPAA-secure video link, so no one at CHPF, a Pirae clinic, or your village needs to know you're in therapy. Your licensed therapist is drawn from our international network, not from Tahiti or the Tuamotus, so there's no risk of overlap with your neighbors, colleagues, or family circles. That cross-border matching, combined with weekly 45-minute one-on-one sessions at $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month, gives you a discreet space that feels genuinely separate from island life.

You start right away rather than sitting on another waitlist, and most members use their first 2-3 weekly sessions to evaluate fit. In that window you'll meet your licensed therapist, see how the 45-minute one-on-one format works, and test whether it helps you open up. If it's not the right match, you can switch therapists or end at any time, no long commitment required. At $103 per session on average, roughly 3,500 XPF, or $448 per month, the trial period costs a fraction of a private consultation in Tahiti and starts producing insight immediately.