There’s more than one way to help society. Money
goes a long way, as does volunteering. Licensed mental health counselor,
nationally certified eating-disorder specialist, and best-selling author Dr.
Gregory Jantz, founder of The Center for Counseling and Health Resources, Inc.,
shares his expertise and wisdom with the masses as a contributor to The
Huffington Post online and as a guest speaker internationally. His topics range
from the new tough security checks at National Football League games to mental
illness and gun control. The mental health expert and his colleagues treat
individuals and families, including adolescents and celebrities, for eating
disorders, addictions, relational problems, and other conditions at The Center
for Counseling and Health Resources.
Dr. Jantz also counsels parents and children on
improving their communication and strengthening their bonds, and he addressed
the topic in “Are you Parenting on Auto-Pilot?” on The Huffington Post. In the
article, he describes a study of children ages 3 to 5. One group learned healthy eating habits,
while another watched only non-violent television shows. Both groups showed
improvement in behavior, particularly the television group, but the
improvements tended to wear off in the following six months. Dr. Jantz surmised
that the children’s parents had succumbed to the all-too-easy parenting
technique of letting the television set babysit, as in parenting on auto-pilot.
In other posts, the mental health expert has
expounded on football player Manti Te’o and his character flaws, the homeless
man who returned an engagement ring mistakenly left in his donation cup, and
looting after a natural disaster (it’s not about the property). He also has
written on topics as varied as the London Olympics; Theresa Christian, who
locked herself in a chest freezer to hide from an impending storm; and cyclist
Lance Armstrong and his doping scandal. Most of the doctor’s pieces relate to
human behavior, with a heavy dose of common sense and down-home wisdom.
