Flu, Coronavirus and Your Counseling Session – UPDATED 1/1/22

Tracy Lamperti

Notice Regarding COVID

Tracy Lamperti believes that the decision to vaccinate belongs between you and your healthcare provider, and ultimately, that decision falls to you. As such, you are not required to be vaccinated to receive in-office appointments.


Tracy’s office is large and open. 6′ distanced seating is provided. Front and back door is opened for airing between every client. Surfaces and knobs are disinfected between clients and if shared pens are used, they are disinfected as well. Insurance cards handed to Tracy are handed back disinfected.



Tracy will wear a mask for the comfort of others. Whether you wear a mask is entirely your choice. So long as you are abiding by the basic standards of wellness and full disclosure of symptoms and close contact, Tracy is not concerned whatsoever about you wearing a mask. Wear one if you wish. Do not wear one if you do not wish to.

For In-office sessions, please inform Tracy of any of the following;

  • Fever, cough, sore throat, taste and/or smell loss, fatigue, headache or any other symptoms of feeling unwell.
  • Exposure/close contact with someone who has had symptoms of illness or a positive COVID test.


While flu season is nothing new, nor is coronavirus, however, we are still learning. For those who are concerned and/or are at a higher risk for infection and complications, I would like to assure you that you will be able to receive your counseling services without risk, through my HIPPA compliant telehealth service.


It is my preference to meet with you in person for a traditional therapy session. However, I respect that many people have concerns about the flu and coronavirus and I will accommodate you with remote appointments whenever possible.


Telehealth by Simple Practice is a HIPPA compliant platform provided within my Simple Practice HIPPA compliant client management system. It is similar to Skype or FaceTime and just as easy to use. This video explains how it works.

My protocol is as follows;

  • If you are feeling unwell for any reason, as always, contact me to cancel or reschedule your appointment.
  • If you are unsure about your health or symptoms, please consider a telehealth appointment.
  • If you are uncomfortable venturing out for non-essential errands and appointments, please consider a telehealth appointment.
  • As always, please check with the number on your insurance card to validate all of your benefits and coverage.

Telehealth Policy

Telehealth is a professional service provided in a professional context. While you may think you can hop on to a video call from a parked car or your living room, that is not how it works.



I, as the clinician, work the call from my private, confidential office. I won’t be in my car or in my pajamas and my family won’t be running around in the background.


You, as the client, enter the session also from a private space in your home or office. You must have complete privacy and confirm that no one is in the room with you (unless it is couples or family therapy). I don’t expect your dog to be jumping all over you or barking at squirrels, your children to be begging for your attention or you to be smoking, snacking or right out of the shower. Of course, I understand that things happen, but please strive for this as described.


You will complete all of the documents and consent forms that you would be required to complete if we were meeting in my office. If you are already a client of mine, these forms are already completed. I take notes and keep records, just as I do with clients in my office.


Sessions begin and end on time, as scheduled. If your internet signal is not strong enough, we will troubleshoot as needed. The same cancelation policy applies.

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The Dopifying of Men and Boys These Days

By Tracy Lamperti • March 30, 2025
Do you get it that every time we seem to turn on the tv, news or in the movies these days the boys and men are getting terrible representation? Whether they are kowtowing to a bossy woman, making obscene gestures or noises, getting drunk or on drugs, committing some stupid crime, espousing the effeminate or acting like a pompus a__, or the countless other ways that they are being portrayed. What was wrong with Davy Crockett, or Huck Finn, Andy Griffith, Superman? Why have Sponge Bob and Homer Simpson and the many other “men” of today been selling by being so stupid? I am not up on any of today’s shows, but I get the point from the stories I hear, that it is not good. Even when an olympic star comes into the spotlight, all too often the story is tainted by some remark or behavior he made, not realizing everyone was watching. Where are the boys supposed to get their education? And what about the girls? Where are they supposed to learn who would make a good husband and father?  What brought this on was my prepping for morning meeting tomorrow at the Lamperti Homeschool. I was looking for something good in The Children’s Book of Virtues , Edited by William J. Bennett, Illustrated by Michael Hague. I just happened to open to page 38, Boy Wanted , by Frank Crane. I won’t put the whole story here, but here is a sample.

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By Tracy Lamperti • March 30, 2025
Photo by Michelle Kaye

Talking Beans

By Tracy Lamperti • March 30, 2025
What are those? Are those beans? What are they for? Can I touch them? One can learn a lot about a child by watching them play. Play gives us a glimpse into the thought process, emotions, relationships and the way they organise and put things together. With beans, even a teenager or adult can “sort things out” with beans, sand and other materials. Beans make a good medium for tea parties, hide and seek, play ground play, imaginative water, etc. In fact, beans can bring comfort to all ages. Children who don’t feel like they have a voice or have trouble sharing their thoughts and feelings often find themselves running their hands through the field of beans. The same goes for teenagers. Little ones, of course want to play with the beans, which provides a great opportunity to evaluate self-control, adherance to limits and their depth of imagination or level of organization. Beans are awesome! The video shown here represents a variety of bean benefits! An older adolescent, actually, a young adult, worked out many complicated issues in her sessions week after week while sorting beans. This person successfully sorted out ALL of the kidney beans, sorting on many levels! It is so curious to children to come to their therapy session and notice that something has happened involving the beans. It gives children and teens a real sense of commonality with others as well as insight. They come to learn that some people think like they do and some think differently, and it’s all ok. They learn that, while I may share something about the “beans,” I won’t “spill the beans.” They can trust that I will keep their confidence, just like I keep the confidence of the last “bean worker.” As you see in the video, a young person is re-mixing the kidney beans. This young person, being someone who really struggles with self-control and had been held back for weeks from mixing the beans that had been sorted out. We shared such a delightful moment when she was finally permitted to “mix!” Timing is so important, but relationship is more! So the cycle will continue when many young people come in this week and discover the new state of the beans!  Tracy Lamperti, Psychotherapist, Educator, Consultant
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