{"id":232,"date":"2014-03-16T03:10:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T07:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2014-03-16T03:10:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T07:10:13","slug":"helping-the-reluctant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Helping the Reluctant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, Dr. Mathis mixes music history and trivia with hints on attempting to intervene with persons who obviously need assistance, but may be unaware and\/or unwilling to accept help or even to give any credence to the advice proposed by a concerned party. 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