1.   An increasing number of colleges, hospitals and private therapists offer memory-improvement classes.

2.   Nichols said her husband did not trust LAPD counselors, so he had to seek help from a private therapist.

3.   Such classes have become a fixture of modern life, run by thousands of criminal-justice systems, private therapists and community mental health centers.

4.   Throughout the nation, such classes have become a fixture of modern life, run by thousands of criminal justice systems, private therapists and community mental health centers.