Who are we? Dr Cathy Betoin, Clinical Psychologist and experienced primary teacher and parent set up I Matter Training Ltd and Relationship Health Matters CIC to work together in the Kendal, Morecambe Bay area in an exciting collaboration to help professionals and parents and organisations to find more clarity so that they can help move forward with challenging situations with more confidence.
Where do we work? Relationship Health ideas are relevant to everyone, everywhere. However our home has been in the Kendal area where we work with GP’s and schools and the community. We share our thinking more widely through the online programme and through books and our newsletter
How do we help? We provide online and printed resources that are designed to facilitate reflection and discussion in your own roles at work, at home, and in school and community. We also help professionals figure out how to use the resources for best impact in their own organisations. People start in very different places. However I Matter learning always benefits from local discussion.
Who do we help? The resources are designed to be accessible to everyone who wants to learn. We work with professionals including GP's, Teachers, Psychologists, Counsellors, School Nurses, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Social Prescribers to help them strengthen their own understanding of the research evidence on what improves wellbeing for adults and young people with both typical and additional needs. The aim is to provide practical psychoeducation that can help you work with others to improve outcomes and results on issues that matter.
Why should I learn more? We are living through challenging times that are rocking the security of everyone. In the middle of this our relationships can be pushed hard, but they are also a key detail that can make most difference to the ability of adults and young people to cope. So it pays to become well informed
What's the priority focus? I Matter Training can be a foundation for, or a complement to, a wide range of well known approaches. Whether you are wanting to feel better prepared to prevent problems, progress some early intervention or have some very specific concerns, then a better understanding of what the research evidence is telling us about improving wellbeing for adults and young people can make a really active difference.
Our current pilot: until recently, I Matter Training has only been offered in the Kendal area and usually only via NHS services. We are currently opening up options for a much wider professional community to access training with a view to introducing professionals to the ideas and resources of the I Matter Framework to assist them in their roles in their own communities.
Our commitment is to improving joined up thinking and practice around young people and families in the area of Relationship Health, because better understanding and skills can save a huge amount of time
and heartache!
