Between Us: Building Healthy Relationships
The Between Us program offers, at no cost, healthy relationship classes for teens, singles, and engaged or married couples. Areas of focus include:
- Improving communications
- Building problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- Strengthening commitment / forgiveness
- Setting healthy boundaries
- Establishing safe relationships
Curriclum topics are as follows (for more information on curriculum topics, click here):
Teens
Maturity Issues, What I Value
Infatuation and Attraction
Communication Between You and Me
What’s Love?
Peer Pressure: More Subtle than You Think
Safe Relationships/Cycle of Abuse
Basic Banking
Singles
Love Thinks – (How to P.I.C.K. a Partner)
The Big Lie
Why is it that Expectations lead to disappointments?
Put the Horse before the Cart
Engaged/Married Couples/Fragile Families
Session 1:
Intro of Prep,
Expectations and Communication Danger Signs
Session 2:
Genogram,
Filters
Session 3:
Events, Issues and Hidden Issues,
Expectation,
Problem Solving
Session 4:
Commitment,
Boundaries in Marriage
Session 5:
Forgiveness/Fun/Friendship
Parenting Moms/Singles
Who am I and What do I Value?
Infatuation and Attraction
Communication in a New Way
Filters and Speaker Listener Technique
How Relationships Affect my Life/Safe Relationships
Healthy Boundaries
Optional - Boundaries and Kids
There is flexibility built into each lesson. The lessons can be taught by subject or in the complete series over a number of weeks. Classes are approximately 60 – 90 minutes, but can be shortened based on time available. Note: Couples Classes are different and run approximately 1 ½ - 2 hours for each session.
Links:
The Benefits of Healthy Marriages
The Relationship of Marriage to Physical Health
For more information about the Between Us program, please contact Rebecca Phipps at (503) 238-5196, ext. 227 or rphipps@catholiccharitiesoregon.org.
