I have a pic of my T's ugly couch covering in my journal with a poem about it being my safety blanket. It's what I stare at during session, so I totally get the connection. I make fun of it, but I think it would really bug me if he got rid of it.

And I let my T read selected journal pages. He's really good about being respectful of the ones I want to keep private. It's really helped to explain things I have trouble verbalizing.