I didn't say "grift". Of course therapists are going to warn you against technology that replaces therapists for a fraction of the cost, regardless of how effective it is. That's just human nature. There's nothing wrong with self-preservation, we just need to be on the lookout for it.

Given the incredible gap between demand and supply in many places, I think many therapists would welcome a stopgap solution for people on waiting lists or struggling with costs. And they would not feel their livelihoods threatened one bit. That is, if they trusted that stopgap to at worst do no harm.