Well, mine is finally switching back to in person, hopefully next week. He was in person for 3 weeks last summer, but kept pushing it back, then he just happened to start shortly before delta happened. So he went virtual again after 3 weeks.

I'm not sure if your therapist or other people's uses masks in session, but mine did not want to meet with masks. So last year, he was partly waiting for the American Psychological Association to stop recommending that therapists and clients wear masks in sessions. They took a very long time to do that. He had also wanted to wait until his wife was vaccinated (he got vaccinated early as a "healthcare worker"), but that happened before the APA thing. I think by the time he started in person, his son (a teen) was vaccinated as well. (We're also in a very highly vaccinated area, not that it matters much with omicron.)

I know some of it is his own concerns about getting sick--not necessarily with dying, but with long Covid. He's an athlete as well and said he's concerned about heart and lung issues. Also, he has a client who got Covid early in the pandemic and who still is coughing after every sentence. He said if he ended up like that, he would have to stop being a therapist.

I think he's also worried about liability, if he were to pass Covid on to a client. But he had anyone coming in person last summer sign a rather detailed waiver. And I doubt a client would be able to sue him for getting it anyway, as how could you truly prove where you got it? Plus I don't think you can sue for that. But I know he's mentioned fears of being sued for other (completely unrelated) things, so that's part of it.

I did basically call him a hypocrite (without using that word, but he saw through what I was saying) the other day because he was willing to travel, but didn't feel it was safe to see clients in person (though he said I don't know the details of what he's doing, which is true, but he also didn't tell me otherwise). He seemed bothered by it, but has also moved his planned in-person starting date about 10 days earlier, to mid-next week, so maybe I had some influence on him (he said I'm the client currently pushing the most for in person, which surprised me a little). We'll see if he actually starts then!