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Getting into weekly one-on-one therapy in San Marino runs into a tight bottleneck. The Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale channels non-urgent psychotherapy through its Servizio Salute Mentale at the Cailungo State Hospital, and residents typically wait six to eleven weeks for a first appointment delivered in Italian. Private options are limited, cross-border referrals into Rimini or Bologna add a drive and a language handoff, and in a community of about 34,000 the clinician you get may be someone you already know from local professional or social circles. Finding a therapist actually trained for what you're working through, whether that's OCD, complex trauma, BPD, panic, major depression, grief, anger, relationship strain, ADHD, or the many other things people navigate, narrows the shortlist further. Grouport is built for that gap. After a short signup you're presented with clinician options fitted to your situation, you pick the one you'd like to work with, and typically start weekly 45-minute one-on-one video sessions within 24 to 72 hours, at $103 per session on average ($448 per month).

Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
residents face.
18.8% of Sammarinese adults live with a mental health condition each year, reflecting the ongoing need for accessible therapy options.
11 weeks the average wait to secure a first mental health appointment in San Marino's public system, an interval during which symptoms often deepen.
$27,949 median household income in San Marino, shaping what households can allocate to private mental health care.
70.3% of Sammarinese adults with a mental health condition do not receive formal specialist treatment.
50% of San Marino's mental health workforce falls short of what is needed to fully meet population demand for specialist care.
97.0 per 100,000 mental health workers in San Marino, a density that shapes availability, wait times, and access across the country.
San Marino's numbers describe a small, high-income community with strong per capita mental health workforce ratios (about 97 workers per 100,000) but a limited absolute pool of clinicians, a single dominant public provider network, and Italian-only service delivery. Non-urgent psychotherapy waits run around six weeks and can extend to eleven weeks or more for specialist care, and 97.2 percent of the population lives in urban areas concentrated near the capital and Cailungo. Read through an individual-therapy lens, those stats point to a real fit for Grouport's model: a licensed clinician, matched right away, delivered by secure HIPAA video from anywhere in the republic, with the same therapist week after week and transparent USD pricing across a full course of care.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
San Marino is the fifth-smallest country in the world by area, 61 square kilometers of Apennine foothills rising to the 739-meter summit of Mount Titano, and one of the oldest sovereign republics on Earth. Its entire specialist mental health capacity runs through the Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale (ISS), whose Servizio di Salute Mentale operates primarily from the Ospedale di Stato in the frazione of Cailungo in the castello of Borgo Maggiore. With a WHO-reported workforce ratio of 97.02 per 100,000, the in-country pool of psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and licensed therapists lands in the low thirties in absolute terms, enough to run outpatient, inpatient, and community services for 34,000 residents, but thin when a specific subspecialty is needed.
For a working adult in San Marino, the access gap is not abstract. A person managing anxiety, depression, or burnout may wait roughly six to eleven weeks for a first non-urgent psychotherapy appointment through the ISS, and then attend sessions in Italian at the Cailungo hospital or in a nearby Italian clinic across the border. That often means unpaid time off, a drive or train to Rimini, and a therapist who shares professional or social circles at home. Across those weeks the symptoms compound: sleep suffers, focus drops, relationships strain. Grouport removes the friction. A licensed therapist is available this week, sessions run over secure HIPAA video from a home laptop or phone, and the same clinician continues week after week for as long as the client needs.
Grouport works around San Marino's structural constraints without asking anyone to travel, wait months, or cross the border for a specialist. After a short signup you're presented with licensed clinician options fitted to your specific situation, you choose the therapist you'd like to work with, and typically begin within 24 to 72 hours. Weekly 45-minute one-on-one video sessions run on secure HIPAA-compliant video from wherever you're most comfortable, and the same clinician stays with you across the arc of care rather than rotating through whoever is next available in the Cailungo network. Because Grouport's bench includes therapists trained in specific evidence-based approaches like CBT, DBT, EMDR, ERP, IFS, ACT, and exposure work, you can start with someone who actually practices the modality your situation calls for, not simply the next opening on the ISS calendar. Cadence is flexible: weekly at $103 per session on average ($448 per month), or $224 per month on the every-other-week track, with automatic discounts included for every additional weekly session as your needs shift.
50% of San Marino's mental health workforce falls short of what is needed to fully meet population demand for specialist care.
Three specific frictions get loosened. First, the queue: the public system's roughly six week non-urgent wait, extending to eleven weeks or more for specialist psychotherapy, is replaced by an immediate match, with sessions typically starting within days. Second, geography and cross-border travel: instead of driving to Cailungo or crossing into Rimini or Bologna for specialist care under the Italian bilateral convention, clients open a video session from home or office. Third, language and privacy: Grouport delivers sessions in English with clinicians who work with international clients every day, and the online format removes the small-community visibility that discourages some Sammarinese from seeking care in a network of 34,000 residents.
San Marino's formal mental health landscape is anchored by the Istituto per la Sicurezza Sociale, whose Servizio Salute Mentale operates from the State Hospital in Cailungo and a small network of community outpatient clinics. Care is universal, funded by mandatory social security contributions, and delivered in Italian. A limited private practice sector exists alongside the public system, and long-standing bilateral conventions let Sammarinese residents receive specialist psychiatric or psychological care in Rimini, Bologna, and other Italian centers. What is largely missing from the mix is an weekly one-on-one option that starts right away, keeps the same licensed therapist across a full course of care, and stays fully confidential outside the small local professional network. Grouport fills that gap.
Grouport gives San Marino residents immediate access to Individual Therapy at $103 per session on average (billed at $448 per month), 50 to 60 percent below the global average of $150 to $250 per session for private one-on-one psychotherapy. The predictable monthly subscription replaces the pay-per-visit unpredictability of private clinic billing and the currency and travel costs that come with cross-border care in Rimini or Bologna.
San Marino is a high-income economy with a gross national income per capita around $71,920 in purchasing-power terms, but private psychotherapy still competes with everyday household spending on housing, food, transport, and healthcare co-payments. A monthly Grouport subscription at $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month for weekly individual therapy, or $224 for every-other-week cadence, gives a working adult or a family a single predictable line item to plan around across a full course of care. Because clients can cancel anytime and switch cadences as needs change, the model bends around real life rather than locking anyone into a rigid commitment.
In-person therapy in San Marino often costs more than the sticker price on a session. Residents traveling to specialist care in Rimini or Bologna add fuel, tolls, or train fare on top of session fees, and a mid-day appointment can easily consume three to four hours of a work day. Private billing runs per session in euros, which makes total quarterly outlays hard to forecast, and finding a licensed clinician often requires a broader search that adds its own commute. Grouport folds all of that into one predictable USD subscription with no travel, no unpaid hours away from work, no currency conversion friction on each visit, and no lock-in. Clients can cancel anytime.
Instead of waiting roughly six to eleven weeks for a first non-urgent appointment through the ISS or a cross-border specialist referral, a Grouport client completes a short intake and is matched with a licensed therapist right away. Sessions typically begin within days, on evenings and weekends that work around a full-time job or family schedule. For San Marino clients ready to start now, a licensed Grouport therapist is available this week.
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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."

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.
The Grouport bench is made up of fully licensed clinicians, including licensed psychologists, LCSWs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LPCs, PsyDs, and PhDs, trained in the specific evidence-based approaches that adult mental health work actually calls for. That covers CBT for anxiety and depression, DBT for emotion regulation and BPD, EMDR for trauma processing, ERP for OCD, exposure work for panic and phobias, IFS for internal-parts work, and ACT for values-anchored change. What that means for someone in San Marino is that after a short signup you see clinician options fitted to what you're actually working through, not the next available slot in the ISS rotation, and you choose the therapist you'd like to work with. Sessions are delivered on secure HIPAA-compliant video, and a care coordinator is available throughout to help you switch clinicians, adjust cadence, or add other Grouport care if it turns out to be useful. All sessions are confidential and stay entirely outside San Marino's small local professional network.
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.
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If your internet disconnects during a group session, rest assured your therapist will still be there as it's a group session with other group members, so they will be there when you rejoin. For private sessions, like individual therapy, your therapist will wait 20 minutes for you to reconnect. Try refreshing your browser, using a private or different web browser, restarting your device, switching to a different device, or switching to mobile data if wifi isn't working. If you can't resolve the issue contact our technical support team at
We recommend joining from a computer, laptop or tablet in a private setting as that typically provides for a better therapeutic experience. If you’d prefer to join from a smartphone, you can absolutely do so as our platform works well on smartphones (both iPhone and Android). Using your phone can be convenient as it allows you to attend therapy from anywhere private. However, we recommend using WiFi rather than cellular data when possible to ensure stable video quality and avoid data charges. Consider using headphones for better audio quality and privacy, and position your phone so your therapist can see your face clearly (many clients use a phone stand). While phones can work well, many clients prefer larger screens like tablets, laptops, or computers for a more immersive experience.
If your sessions happen through our member portal, then no, Grouport's therapy platform works directly through your web browser, no downloads or installations are required. Simply click the session on your home page within your member portal, and you'll join your session from there. If your sessions happen outside of our member portal, then you should download Zoom on your device which can be downloaded for free. If your sessions happen outside of our member portal, you’ll receive an auto session reminder email 24-hours before each session with a unique HIPAA compliant Zoom link to join that week’s session. Our care coordinators and technical support staff will assist you with anything you need, to ensure you know how to smoothly access your sessions.
Therapy homework translates session insights into daily life. Common assignments include practicing coping skills (breathing exercises, mindfulness, grounding techniques), tracking thoughts or mood, journaling about specific topics, behavioral experiments (trying new behaviors in real situations), communication exercises, reading relevant materials, self-monitoring of symptoms or patterns, and trying new approaches to old problems. Homework isn't busywork, it's essential for progress. What you do between sessions often matters more than the session itself. Most assignments can take 10-20 minutes each and be done several times weekly. Your therapist tailors homework to your goals and reviews completion each session. If homework feels overwhelming, discuss this and your therapist can adjust expectations.
Yes, therapy helps with major decisions like career changes, relationship choices, relocation, parenthood, ending relationships, or other life crossroads. Rather than telling you what to do, your therapist helps you clarify your values and priorities, explore pros and cons thoroughly, identify fears or patterns influencing the decision, understand underlying emotions, recognize any cognitive distortions affecting thinking, consider consequences realistically, access your own wisdom, and develop confidence in your choice. The decision remains yours, as therapy provides structure and support for the decision-making process. Many people find clarity within 8-12 sessions focused on a specific decision, though complex choices can take longer.
Grouport's individual therapy at an average of $103/session ($448/month) is already 50-60% below typical individual therapy costs of $150-250/session. Additional affordability options include using HSA/FSA funds for 20-30% tax savings, submitting superbills to insurance for 50-80% reimbursement if you have out-of-network benefits, month-to-month billing with no long-term contracts allows you to attend when finances permit and pause when needed. If you pay quarterly or biannually, that comes with additional savings of 10% or 15% off respectively. Additionally, you can also do bi-weekly sessions for half the cost at $224/month. We also offer online group therapy at an average of $32/session which provides evidence-based treatment at the lowest cost, and our DBT self-guided program offers a one-time payment for lifetime access. We're committed to making quality care accessible. Contact us to discuss options that fit your budget.
Your first session focuses on understanding you and establishing a treatment plan. The therapist will ask about what brought you to therapy, current challenges, relevant history (relationships, work, family background, past therapy, medical issues), your strengths and coping strategies, and what you hope to achieve. They'll explain their therapeutic approach and how sessions work. You'll discuss confidentiality, logistics, and any questions you have. The first few sessions are also an opportunity to assess fit, do you feel comfortable with this therapist? Many people feel relief just from being heard and having a plan. You're not expected to share everything immediately as therapy unfolds at your pace.
Living far from family creates loneliness and grief. You miss important events. You can't be there when family needs you. You worry about aging parents. The distance is painful even when you chose to live where you are. Therapy validates this grief and helps you navigate relationships across distance.
If you grew up between cultures, moved countries, or feel caught between cultural identities, therapy helps. You might not fully belong to any one culture. Questions like "where are you from?" feel complicated. Therapy helps you integrate multiple cultural influences into your sense of self rather than feeling torn between them.
Insurance claim filing deadlines vary—often 90 days to a year from the service date. Check your plan's timely filing limit. If you're within that window, you can submit superbills for past sessions. Beyond the deadline, you may be out of luck for reimbursement. Don't sit on receipts thinking you'll submit them eventually, there are deadlines.
Yes. Grouport runs weekly video sessions year-round on Central European Time, so scheduling holds through Sammarinese holidays like the Feast of Saint Agatha in February, the Investiture Ceremony on April 1st and October 1st, and the September 3rd founding celebrations. You meet one-on-one with a licensed therapist at a consistent weekly 45-minute slot for $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month, and you can start right away from home in Citta di San Marino or anywhere across the 61 square kilometer republic on HIPAA-secure video.
Yes. Sessions run via HIPAA-secure video with licensed therapists, which suits Sammarinese living in Rimini, Bologna, or further afield, and international professionals working in San Marino's banking, tourism, and diplomatic sectors who don't have an track through the ISS. Weekly one-on-one 45-minute sessions cost $103 each, billed at $448 per month on HIPAA-secure video, and you can start right away without waiting the typical six weeks for public psychotherapy or crossing into Italy for a specialist.
All nine castelli of the Republic: Citta di San Marino, Acquaviva, Borgo Maggiore, Chiesanuova, Domagnano, Faetano, Fiorentino, Montegiardino, and Serravalle
Citta di San Marino, Serravalle, Dogana, Borgo Maggiore, Domagnano, Cailungo, Falciano, Fiorentino, Faetano, Acquaviva, Chiesanuova, Montegiardino, Poggio di Chiesanuova, Ventoso, Galazzano
47890, 47891, 47892, 47893, 47894
If you have an address in San Marino, Grouport can serve you regardless of your zip code.
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