Why would any therapist still be doing virtual at this point?

I understand virtual doesn't work well for everybody. As someone who intentionally sought out a career and job where I could work remotely, I also understand why some therapists, once they experienced the benefits, wouldn't want to go back to working out of an office. Since there's plenty of demand for online therapy, there's not much of an incentive to maintain an office space. Client preference alone isn't a compelling factor when it doesn't have to be taken into account to get a full caseload. That sucks for clients who need in-person, but it's hard to rationalize the extra expense from a business standpoint unless they were to cover the loss by charging more for in person. And providing therapy is a business, and businesses operate to make a profit. So why wouldn't therapists do what they prefer and what also makes them more money?

Now therapy offices will probably be even more hesistant to go back with this new deltacron variant. One therapist I was thinking of seeing was just about to head back to in person and another one I was going to see months ago had no plans on going back. I'm glad I figured things out with my current one and hopefully this new variant doesn't get bad. But we managed to stay in person with both delta and omacron. She did ask me when omacron started if I wanted to do virtual.

I've thought about this also as my therapist is still only virtual for 2 years now. He did admit to me that he sometimes wishes it would just stay virtual. I'm not sure if that's laziness or some kind of defense to protect him from being more involved emotionally