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Getting into therapy in Singapore is genuinely hard. Subsidised outpatient care at IMH in Buangkok and the polyclinic Community Intervention Teams carries waits of roughly twenty weeks, and private clinicians along Orchard Road, Novena, and the CBD quote several weeks out at S$180 to S$400 a session with limited MediSave or MediShield Life coverage. Finding a quality therapist inside that reality is harder still, and finding one actually trained in the specific approach your situation calls for, whether that is CBT for anxiety, ERP for OCD, EMDR for trauma, DBT for emotion regulation, or focused work on depression, burnout, grief, ADHD, bipolar, or relationship difficulty, is another layer entirely. Grouport's online individual therapy is built for that gap. You complete a short signup, review clinician options fitted to your situation, choose the therapist you would like to work with, and typically get started within 24 to 72 hours. Weekly 45-minute one-on-one sessions with the same clinician over secure HIPAA-compliant video, at $103 per session on average ($448 per month), with automatic discounts included for every additional weekly session.

Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
residents face.
11.1% of Singaporean adults live with a mental health condition each year, reflecting the ongoing need for accessible therapy options.
4 weeks the average wait to secure a first mental health appointment in Singapore's public system, an interval during which symptoms often deepen.
$56,800 median household income in Singapore, shaping what households can allocate to private mental health care.
78.0% of Singaporean adults with a mental health condition do not receive formal specialist treatment.
100% of Singapore's mental health workforce falls short of what is needed to fully meet population demand for specialist care.
4.19 per 100,000 mental health workers in Singapore, a density that shapes availability, wait times, and access across the country.
Singapore's own data lines up with a one-on-one therapy model. Roughly 15 percent of residents reported poor mental health in the 2023 National Population Health Survey, yet about 78 percent of those with a diagnosable mental disorder never sought professional help, and more than 5 in 10 respondents in a 2017 IMH study still associated mental illness with personal weakness. Public capacity concentrates in a single tertiary hospital and a thin outpatient network at roughly 0.16 psychiatric-care workers per 100,000 residents. A private, video session with the same licensed clinician each week, priced as a flat $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month USD subscription with a $224 every-other-week alternative, directly addresses the two frictions that keep most Singapore residents out of care: visibility and cost predictability.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Singapore's mental health system is organised around a small number of high-capacity public institutions, with the Institute of Mental Health in Buangkok as the anchor and the psychiatric departments of the restructured hospitals feeding it. MediSave and MediShield subsidies can cover parts of psychiatric care, and the Community Health Assessment Team offers a front door for youth. Around that public core sits a private psychiatry and psychology sector that is world-class but priced accordingly, with initial consultations frequently quoted between S$300 and S$500. The middle band of working adults with moderate depression, anxiety, or burnout who are not acute enough to access IMH's specialist streams and not wealthy enough to sustain S$250-per-hour private sessions is exactly where the treatment gap opens.
A 2023 National Population Health Survey found that roughly 15 percent of Singapore residents report poor mental health, yet a Singapore Mental Health Study documented that about 78 percent of people with a diagnosable mental disorder do not seek professional help. For a working adult on Shenton Way or in one-north, that gap often shows up as untreated anxiety, burnout, or low mood carried through long workweeks, disrupted sleep, and strained relationships at home. Private clinics on Orchard Road can run S$180 to S$400 per session with limited MediSave or MediShield Life coverage, and public waits stretch weeks or months. Grouport removes that friction by matching clients with a licensed therapist right away and holding the first video session within days at a predictable $103 per session.
Singapore's mental health system concentrates most affordable care inside IMH, the polyclinic Community Intervention Teams, and NGO counselling agencies, with public queues that can stretch twenty weeks and private clinics along Orchard Road and Novena quoting S$180 to S$400 a session out of pocket. Grouport removes those specific frictions. After a short signup, you review clinician options fitted to your situation and choose the licensed therapist you would like to work with, typically getting started within 24 to 72 hours rather than months. The clinicians on Grouport's bench are trained in specific evidence-based approaches, CBT, DBT, EMDR, ERP, ACT, IFS, and exposure therapy among them, so the person you meet is someone who actually works with your condition rather than the first appointment that opens. Weekly 45-minute one-on-one sessions with the same clinician run over HIPAA-compliant video, so a client in Woodlands, Jurong West, or Pasir Ris gets the same care as someone two MRT stops from Novena, on a predictable flat subscription at $103 per session on average ($448 per month), or $224 per month on the every-other-week cadence.
100% of Singapore's mental health workforce falls short of what is needed to fully meet population demand for specialist care.
Grouport loosens three specific frictions in Singapore's care landscape. First, the queue: subsidised public-sector outpatient services can carry waits of roughly twenty weeks or more, while Grouport matches clients with a licensed therapist right away and holds the first session within days. Second, geography and visibility: rather than travel to IMH in Buangkok or into the CBD private cluster, clients meet from home, work, or an HDB flat, sidestepping the visibility concern that documented stigma still carries in a dense city-state where roughly 78 percent of people with a mental disorder never seek professional help. Third, currency and price: a flat USD subscription of $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month (or $224 every-other-week) is easier to plan than paying S$180 to S$400 per private session out of pocket.
Formal mental health care in Singapore runs through several overlapping channels: the Institute of Mental Health in Buangkok as the country's only tertiary psychiatric hospital, polyclinics with Community Intervention Teams under the National Mental Health Blueprint, private psychiatrists and psychologists clustered along Orchard Road and Novena, employer Employee Assistance Programmes with short session caps, NGO helplines and community counselling agencies, and university counselling centres for tertiary students. Each channel serves a real need, but weekly one-on-one talk therapy, available immediately, and priced as a transparent USD subscription remains harder to secure. Grouport slots into that missing space by pairing Singapore residents with a licensed clinician for continuous weekly video sessions at $103 per session or $224 per month for every-other-week.
Grouport gives Singapore residents immediate access to individual therapy at $103 per session on average, billed as a $448 monthly subscription, which sits roughly 50 to 65 percent below the typical local private range of S$180 to S$400 per session (approximately $133 to $296 USD) charged by clinics in Orchard Road, Novena, and the CBD. For clients who prefer a lighter cadence, sessions are also available every other week at $224 monthly. Both options are one flat USD subscription with no per-visit invoicing, no facility surcharges, and no MediSave paperwork to reconcile, so the total monthly cost of care is clear from the start.
Singapore ranks among the highest-GNI economies in the world, yet MediSave withdrawal limits and MediShield Life caps still leave most outpatient psychotherapy priced as full out-of-pocket private care, which is why household affordability is a real question even at a high median income. Weekly private sessions at S$180 to S$400 can push monthly therapy spending well past S$1,500, while Grouport holds the weekly cadence at $103 per session on average ($448 per month) USD per month, and the every-other-week track at $224 USD per month. Because the subscription is flat, a client can plan a full course of care, whether that is three months, six months, or a year, against a single predictable line item rather than reconciling variable session invoices.
An in-person course of therapy in Singapore usually carries costs that never show up on the invoice. A commute from Woodlands or Pasir Ris into Orchard or the CBD can run 45 to 90 minutes each way on the MRT, or 25 to 50 SGD in taxi and Grab fares per round trip, and a weekday session often means leaving work early or unpaid time out of the day. Per-session private billing at S$180 to S$400 also fluctuates with clinician seniority and cancellation policies, and finding a licensed clinician with immediate availability is its own search. Grouport folds all of that into a single predictable USD subscription of $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month (or $224 every-other-week), delivered over HIPAA-compliant video, cancellable any time.
Subsidised public outpatient care in Singapore can involve a wait of roughly twenty weeks for a first appointment, and private clinics often take several weeks to open a slot with a preferred clinician. Grouport matches clients with a licensed therapist right away after a short intake, and most Singapore clients meet their clinician within days rather than months. For Singapore clients ready to start now, a licensed Grouport therapist is available this week. The weekly session runs 45 minutes over a HIPAA-compliant video platform, billed as a $448 monthly subscription at $103 per session, with an every-other-week option at $224 monthly for.
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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.
Grouport's bench is made up of licensed clinicians, psychologists, LCSWs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LPCs, PsyDs, and PhDs, with graduate training and independent clinical licensure. Beyond credentials, each therapist is trained in specific evidence-based approaches, whether that is CBT for anxiety and depression, ERP for OCD, EMDR and trauma-focused CBT for PTSD and complex trauma, DBT for emotion dysregulation and borderline traits, ACT and IFS for values-based work, or exposure therapy for phobias and panic. After signup, Singapore clients review clinician options fitted to their specific situation and choose the therapist they would like to work with, rather than being assigned the next available name. Sessions are 45 minutes, weekly, one-on-one over a HIPAA-compliant video platform, and clients meet the same clinician each week for continuity across the full arc of care. The team works regularly with clients across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, so cross-border professional life and international context are familiar rather than novel.
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Grouport serves teens/adolescents (ages 11+), adults, couples, and families. Our teen therapy program consists of group therapy, individual therapy, and family therapy, or a combination based on what’s appropriate and the level of care your teen needs. So teens often combine group therapy + individual therapy at the level that meets their needs or they do our intensive outpatient program for more acute needs.
If you experience technical difficulties, first try refreshing your browser or reconnecting to your internet. If that doesn’t work, try a private browser, a different web browser, or try joining from another device. Your therapist will be there while you try to reconnect. If problems persist, contact our technical support team by emailing them at support@grouporttherapy.com. We can often resolve issues quickly. We also recommend testing your connection a couple of minutes before your session to prevent any issues.
No, therapy sessions are not allowed to be recorded for confidentiality reasons. However, if you want to remember specific exercises or coping skills from your session from material that is being referenced during the session, you can ask your therapist to have our administrative staff email you the resources after your appointment if the therapist is willing to provide such materials to email to you. Certain types of sessions, like our DBT groups, come with reading manuals that we universally provide and you can review on your own time at your own pace outside of sessions. You can also take notes during sessions.
Absolutely. You don't need a mental health diagnosis to benefit from therapy. Many people attend therapy for general stress management, improving relationships, navigating life transitions, personal growth and self-understanding, developing better coping strategies, increasing self-confidence, processing difficult experiences, making important decisions, or simply having support during challenging times. Therapy is for anyone wanting to improve their mental health or quality of life. While diagnoses are sometimes helpful to pinpoint the correct treatment, they're not required for effective treatment. Many clients never receive a formal diagnosis and still experience significant benefit from therapy.
These terms describe different mental health professionals: Therapist is a general term for licensed mental health providers including LCSWs, LMFTs, LMHCs, LPCs, psychologists such as PhD/PsyD - anyone licensed therapist providing psychological therapy. Psychologist has a PhD or PsyD in psychology, and cannot prescribe medication. Psychiatrist is a medical doctor (MD/DO) specializing in mental health who can prescribe medication and sometimes provides therapy, though most focus primarily on medication management. Grouport therapists are licensed professionals (LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, PhD, PsyD, LPC) providing evidence-based therapy. If you need medication, we can help refer you to a prescriber.
Signs therapy is working include symptoms decreasing in frequency or intensity, using coping skills outside sessions, noticing patterns before they escalate, feeling more in control of emotions, relationships improving, increased self-awareness and understanding of your patterns, accomplishing goals you set in therapy, handling difficult situations more effectively, and generally feeling better about life. Progress isn't always linear and some weeks are harder than others. Your therapist regularly checks progress toward goals and adjusts treatment as needed. If you're not noticing any improvement after 8-12 sessions, discuss this with your therapist and they can modify the approach or help you consider whether different treatment might be more effective.
Yes, absolutely, you can switch therapists at anytime and for any reason. Therapeutic fit is crucial for progress, and switching therapists is a normal part of finding the right match. Simply contact Grouport support at support@grouporttherapy.com, and we'll provide you alternative therapist options typically within 24-48 hours and you can choose the therapist you’d like to switch to at no cost or penalty. You don't need to explain or have an awkward conversation, we understand fit is totally personal. Your new therapist will have access to your needs and any relevant intake information to ensure continuity. Sometimes it takes more than one try to find the right fit, and sometimes people need to try 2-3 therapists before finding the right connection. Don't stay with a therapist who isn't working for you as the relationship is foundational, and you deserve to feel comfortable and supported with a therapist your happy with.
If you're living somewhere and the dominant language isn't your first language, that's mentally exhausting. Constant translation. Missing nuances. Feeling like you can't express yourself fully. This affects mental health. Therapy in a language you're comfortable with provides relief.
Some cultures don't have a concept of therapy or view it very differently than Western psychology does. If you're from a culture where you wouldn't normally do therapy, it can feel strange or uncomfortable initially. Your therapist can explain how it works and adapt their approach to fit your cultural background.
No, therapy isn't childcare even if your kids are in therapy. Childcare expenses for tax purposes mean care while you work, not medical/therapeutic services. Child therapy might qualify as medical expense if you meet the threshold, but not as childcare expense.
Grouport individual therapy runs $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month, which converts to roughly S$140 per session. That sits well below the S$180 to S$400 that private psychologists and psychiatrists in Orchard Road, Novena, and the CBD typically charge for a single appointment. Because most outpatient talk therapy sits outside MediSave withdrawal limits and MediShield Life caps, that Singaporean private-pay figure is close to true out-of-pocket cost. Members meet weekly with a licensed therapist over a 45-minute video session, delivered in English, and can start right away.
Subsidised outpatient psychiatric and psychological care in Singapore runs through the Institute of Mental Health in Buangkok, polyclinics, and Community Intervention Teams, where new-referral waits commonly stretch around 20 weeks. Grouport skips the queue: after signing up, Singapore residents and expatriates start weekly one-on-one video sessions with a licensed therapist right away, on Singapore Standard Time slots, in English, over a HIPAA-secure link. Sessions run 45 minutes and cost $103 per session on average, billed at $448 per month, with no polyclinic referral or IMH intake required.
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