In this paper, we examined the process of focusing conducted by the kigakari method of focusing. Kigakari is something to worry about. Clearing a space using the kigakari method is a way to bring up things that are bothering you one by one and keep them at a reasonable distance from you. We reported an example of a focusing session conducted by the kigakari method. As a beginner, she was able to get into focusing on something to worry about and promote her focusing process relatively smoothly. The felt sense of the focuser and its expression changed into various expressions and the focuser experienced a feeling of liberation of mind and body. And finally, she was able to gain some new awareness. This interesting focusing session was discussed from the viewpoint of the focusing process, the utilization of clearing a space, and the guide’s guiding.

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Succeeding the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, school counselors were incontinently dispatched to schools to assist in providing psychological support. 　However, there are few reports regarding such efforts from the side receiving support. 　Thus, this study aims to expound better psychological support measures through interviews with a person who received such support post the Kumamoto Earthquake. 　Resultantly, a series of processes such as timely psychoeducation, screening, and counseling were evaluated from the perspective of those receiving support. Furthermore, it was suggested that packaging the support menus that can be provided in advance and presenting them as per the needs of the school and demands of the situation can reduce the burden on those receiving support.

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The English idiom take place is one of the most basic idiomatic expressions. This paper presents the semantic nature of take place by comparing it with ergative and activo-passive verbs. I will argue that take place is not classified into ergative or activo-passive verbs, which results from the semantic nature of take which has less agentic feature than other transitive verbs such as make.

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