Rainbow,

My T uses this (I think you know that already though). One of the FIRST things we did in therapy actually, was to create a "container" (in my imagination) where I could leave my stuff. We did a lot of visualization around it.

I needed something more concrete, so I ended up painting a little box and leaving it with T. It lives on his desk with his things I like knowing it's there. I have lots of things of Ts with me, and I like him having something of mine. Like you said, it helps me feel the connection.

He is "eclectic, psychodynamic, humanistic". I'm not sure which of those (if any!) ties into the container concept, though.

I'm glad the container idea helped you