I don't think the basic talk therapy apps are very helpful, mostly because they have a lot of low quality therapists and matching is terrible. But I disagree with remote being inherently bad (especially compared to a year+ wait). I'd encourage OP to see if they can access any university trials for remote CBT apps. I'm aware of studies that showed promising results in the recent past but I don't know what became of any of them since COVID (which really should've catalyzed this sort of thing).