They say children are also still suffering trauma two months after the category five storm hit.
Local Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) Empower Pacific has counsellors visiting communities around the country to help with pyschosocial recovery.
Counsellor Salvin Singh said among the 50 to 100 households in each community they had visited, the rate of desperation was high.
"There might be one or two cases in all the villages, I would say, on a very high note of hopelessness," he said.