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Ratcliffe wants to help students avoid the shame that is often associated with the struggles of marriage. "You can have a great, solid leader but if his or her marriage is broken it is hard for them to fulfill their capacity.
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"If somebody's home is broken, their capacity to serve outside of the home is limited," Ratcliffe said. Ratcliffe says he designed his workshop with the goal of helping students have meaningful marriages and be strong leaders in the church and in their communities. I then tried to take it from the therapy level down to the educational level and package it into a 60-90 minute curriculum." "While developing the curriculum, I thought of how I help couples as a therapist with these issues. These are things that everybody is going to experience to some degree."Īfter narrowing down his list, Ratcliffe began to compose the curriculum for the workshop. "I came up with five issues and five simple solutions to those problems. "I came up with the common issues I noticed as a therapist and as a teacher teaching this material," Ratcliffe said. Ratcliffe used his experience to form a list of issues he has noticed couples face. Now in its second semester, the Common Colds of Marriage workshop provides a resource for students who are struggling with their lives at home.Īs a licensed marriage and family therapist, Ratcliffe noticed a need to help students strengthen their marriages. The program offered by faculty member Cole Ratcliffe began in the Spring 2017 Semester. The BYU-Idaho Wellness Center is now offering a marriage workshop designed to help married students successfully navigate through five issues common to all marriages.