When life or relationships feel confusing or difficult
- it helps to have a good map
Explore I Matter® Relationship Health Learning
Because you want to understand more!
Choose a professional, parenting or personal learning pathway.
Dip your toe in, or build your foundations over 90 days.
I Matter provides a step-by-step, self-directed
foundations for relationship health learning programme.
It supports preparation, prevention, and early intervention, helping adults to strengthen adult-child and adult-adult relationships and build personal confidence in challenging situations
We know that physical health and mental health are important, but what about 'relationship health'?
What happens if we start talking about Relationship Health as a priority?
Why I created the I Matter Resources
I’m Dr Cathy Betoin—a clinical psychologist, former teacher and parent. Across more than 30 years in health, education and community settings, I saw many professionals and families wanting to help children and other adults but experiencing a lot of confusion including:
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Not knowing what to focus on
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Not understanding how healthy relationships develop
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Families and teams pulling in different directions
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Feeling uncertain about what can make a difference
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Finding conflict difficult to navigate constructively
I developed the I Matter Learning Journey and the Five Steps and Five Stages to help people with varied start points gain some shared language so as to be able to explore these questions in more depth. My own learning continues too. Curiosity is a powerful place to begin.
Focusing on relationship health can feel sensitive, but the skills that support it are often overlooked - and are key to wellbeing.
Learning more can help you make sense of what is happening and find a way forward in a wide range of situations at home, at work and in your community.
Find your starting point
The same relationship health foundation ideas underpin every pathway. Choose where you want to apply your learning.
Working or living in Kendal? Explore Kendal Locality options
What people say about I Matter Learning Resources
People are using the ideas to understand more and make a practical difference at home and at work.
The way the ideas are brought together creates a beautiful and accessible map for anyone interested in improving their relationship health.
Professional
I Matter has given GPs, schools, services and families a shared language and structure that helps us understand our roles and support young people and families more effectively.
GP
Start with one step
Explore an introduction, reflect on what feels relevant, and decide whether you want to learn more.
👉Get Started with Relationship Health Foundations
Help shape what comes next
The I Matter Resources are continuing to develop through conversations with people exploring questions around relationships at home, at work and in their communities.
Working with Partners
53 Stramongate
Kendal
La94BH
United Kingdom
