Japan's version of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"

Professionals help forget a broken heart

Japanese bothered by an unforgettable romance that later soured and continues to
niggle need never worry again, because the wasuresaseya are there to help them
forget their lost love, claims Spa! (2/22).

Wasuresaseya, which literally means "professionals who make you forget," exist to help people get over -- or get out of -- relationships they may once have wanted to remember forever but have now developed a change of heart.
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Clients using the wasuresaseya first attend an interview with a psychological counselor where they explain such processes as the relationship they'd been involved in and why they can't forget it now it's over.

Based on what goes on in that session, the client is introduced to the wasuresaseya, who begins the person-to-person "rehabilitation of the mind," as the pros call the forgetting process.

"Wasuresaseya calm down the client, pick them up by focusing on their pain, or totally ignoring it if that's the best approach. With some clients, treatment is a matter of constantly reminding them to forget, while with others we can't even touch on what it is that they're not supposed to have on their mind," Miss M says. "We've got to be really careful about the words we use."