Container purpose

A container is a therapeutic tool designed to help clients manage and compartmentalize distressing or activating material during sessions. It allows individuals to visualize a safe space for storing various types of emotional, cognitive, or somatic material that they do not wish to carry with them beyond the session. The primary aim of this exercise is to provide a temporary holding space that facilitates emotional regulation without encouraging dissociation or repression. This approach allows for later attunement and reprocessing of the contained material in a supportive manner.