EXPERT TEEN CARE
Treatment plans personalized for teen mental health support in Utah. If you're a teen struggling with difficult thoughts, feelings, or behaviors? Or, just feeling stuck? We know that managing mental health conditions while dealing with physical, social, and academic pressures is a challenge. Meet regularly with a licensed therapist, who will help you build a comprehensive plan to tackle and overcome these hurdles.
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Understanding the landscape of mental health care access and the challenges
teens face across the state.
In Utah, 29.2 percent of residents experience mental illness.
Among Utah residents who needed mental health care, 25.9 percent did not receive it.
Across Utah, 49.16 percent of counties are designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Utah's teen mental health access picture is shaped by a fast-growing youth population and a workforce concentrated along the Wasatch Front. The mental illness prevalence rate in Utah is 29.2 percent among residents, one of the highest in the country, and that scale matters for households along the Salt Lake-Provo-Ogden corridor where competitive AP tracks, concurrent-enrollment programs, and tight-knit faith-community calendars already crowd the weekday afternoon. In Utah, 25.9 percent of residents who needed mental health treatment did not receive it, leaving many teens trying to manage symptoms while juggling early-morning seminary, club sports, and school. Utah has 402.1 mental health providers per 100,000 residents, yet the average wait time for therapy in Utah is 12-16 weeks, a delay that can stretch from fall semester into the new year for a Davis County, Utah County, or Weber County family. In Utah, 49.16 percent of counties are designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas, and that designation lands hardest on rural southern Utah, the Uintah Basin, and San Juan County, where adolescent-trained clinicians are scarce. Utah's median household income is $91,750, but income alone does not solve the friction created by limited evening appointment slots.
For Teen Therapy in Utah, these numbers translate into a predictable set of bottlenecks. A 12-16 week wait can disrupt continuity at the exact moment a teen needs routine, privacy, and a stable plan, and in a state with large families and packed sibling schedules, even one missed window often pushes intake to the next quarter. When 25.9 percent of residents who need treatment do not receive it, the unmet need shows up across the Wasatch Front suburbs and in St. George, Cedar City, Logan, and Vernal alike, straining the same outpatient practices teens rely on. Provider capacity is uneven across Utah's 29 counties, and with 49.16 percent of counties designated as shortage areas, families in Sanpete, Sevier, or Carbon counties often face fewer choices and longer drives over canyon highways. Even in higher-density Salt Lake and Utah County practices, the statewide provider rate of 402.1 per 100,000 has to absorb demand created by a 29.2 percent prevalence rate, so after-school slots fill quickly. For teens balancing tech-industry parent schedules along Silicon Slopes, healthcare and university shifts in the Salt Lake metro, and outdoor-recreation and oil-and-gas work in eastern and southern Utah, delays and fragmented access can mean longer periods of coping alone before skills get built.
UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGE
Utah has the country's highest mental health prevalence and one of its youngest populations. About 29.2 percent of its 3.4 million residents experience a mental health condition each year, and 49.16 percent of Utah is designated as a federal shortage area even with a relatively strong provider count. The Wasatch Front, anchored by Salt Lake City, Provo, and Ogden, holds nearly all adolescent-trained therapists, while rural southern Utah and the eastern Uintah basin rely on much thinner rosters. For Utah teens, large families, demanding AP and concurrent-enrollment schedules, and tight-knit faith-community calendars compress the weekday windows when therapy actually fits, so even families ready to engage often hit waitlists that push intake past a full school quarter.
Utah's 12-16 week wait lands on a teen population that is one of the youngest in the country, and the friction concentrates along the Wasatch Front. A family in Sandy, Lehi, or Layton may have a dozen practices within driving distance and still queue behind months of demand, while a teen in Moab, Price, or Blanding faces a thinner roster across the Uintah Basin and San Juan County. With 402.1 providers per 100,000 residents serving 84,897 square miles, the bottleneck is appointment availability, not just clinician count, and 49.16 percent of counties carrying shortage status means a Logan or St. George family often calls four or five practices before an opening surfaces. Add competing AP coursework, concurrent enrollment at SLCC or UVU, club sports, and seminary schedules, and even households on the state's $91,750 median income end up rearranging weeks of work around a single weekly session.
Utah families absorbing a 12-16 week Wasatch Front wait reach a licensed in-state Grouport clinician inside 24-48 hours. Sessions run over secure video from home, so a household in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, or Weber County skips the after-school canyon drive, and a teen in Cedar City, Vernal, or Blanding accesses the same adolescent care as a Provo peer without crossing two counties. Teens log in after school without missing seminary, AP review, or club practice, and parents on Silicon Slopes tech schedules, hospital shifts, or oil-field rotations keep visibility without rearranging a workday. At $103 per session on average ($448 a month), the price fits households on the state's $91,750 median income while 49.16 percent of counties carrying shortage status stops dictating whether a teen reaches qualified care this semester.
Across Utah, 49.16 percent of counties are designated as Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Our mental health treatments are tailored to you. Choose the right teen therapy service you are looking for and then simply sign up for a plan.
We’ll get in touch with you to get brief context to make sure we match you with the therapist and mental health services that best fits your needs & schedule. (Typically match in 24-72 hours)
Meet weekly in group therapy, individual therapy, or Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), whichever you choose and best suits your needs.

Licensed therapists specially trained to work with teens and adolescents (11 -18)
Our approach is rooted in evidence based treatments that are relevant to the teen’s specific situation. These treatments include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Exposure Response Prevention Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, & Compassion Focused Therapy where applicable.
No two teens are the same, which means no care plans are either. We create highly customized treatment plans catered to the teen's needs.
Therapists provide teens with specific tools to empower resilient, fulfilling lives
See a therapist in as little as one week. And with sessions offered virtually, you can access care when and where you need it most
You can share with your therapist relationship or mental health challenges you’re going through. These are just a few of the areas where our therapists specialize in:
Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, panic disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, specific phobias, Somatic Symptom Disorder, agoraphobia,
Major depression, melancholic depression, atypical depression, seasonal affective disorder, persistent depressive disorder, Bipolar, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD), dissociative identity disorder
Avoidant personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, impulsive personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder, dependent personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder, schizotypal personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and histrionic personality disorder
PTSD, Acute trauma, chronic trauma, complex trauma, Adjustment Disorder, Narcissistic abuse recovery, Childhood abuse
Self-harm, self-injury, excoriation disorder, trichotillomania, suicidal ideation, suicide survival
Tantrums, Defiance, Impulsivity
ADHD, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, learning difficulties, development issues, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Schizophrenia
School Stress, Relationships, Friendship Drama, Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, Grief & Loss, Sexual or gender identity, Gender Dysphoria, DBT, Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Insomnia, Loneliness, Low Self Esteem, Imposter Sydnrome, Attachment Issues, Burnout, Divorce, Codependency, Racial, ethnic, or cultural identity, Family Conflict, Transition to school, Transition to camp, Bullying
We’ll create a care plan that’s tailored to your needs

Meet weekly with your therapist & group members

Meet weekly 1:1 with a therapist for 45-minute individual sessions

Meet weekly in 9 groups & 1-3 Individual Sessions.

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.
Check out how our online therapy for teens has helped our members see life-changing results
Sarah

"It’s helped our family improve communication, control anger, and it’s helped my husband and I parent better. I’m forever grateful for bringing our family even closer together."
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."
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."
Benjamin

"Adam is helping me to approach my anxieties from a different perspective. So I’m working on developing this awareness and not be too fearful about it."
Charlotte

“Group therapy depends on the facilitator and the participants. This particular one is great for both.”
Melanie

“I love getting another perspective on an issue from another participant. It changes my whole thought process and really helps me see things clearly. I like Grouport because there is no pressure to discuss your problems. During my good weeks, I usually have a similar problem to someone else in the group that's in the back of my mind. They bring that problem to life when they talk about their own situations. We always come to a solution for these negative thoughts or emotions.”
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.
$112/session
billed at $448/month
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