Cathy Betoin's I Matter Blog and Videos
Is challenging behaviour a mental health issue?
Is challenging behaviour a mental health issue? Of course it often is!
As a psychologist one of the issues that has concerns me most is that people too often make a bold distinction between young people who present with oppositional and challenging behaviour and young people who present with issues such as eating disorders, depression, anxiety and self-harm.
Challenging behaviour and anxiety and depression as examples can look very different. At first regard they demand different skill…
As a psychologist one of the issues that has concerns me most is that people too often make a bold distinction between young people who present with oppositional and challenging behaviour and young people who present with issues such as eating disorders, depression, anxiety and self-harm.
Challenging behaviour and anxiety and depression as examples can look very different. At first regard they demand different skill…
Yay! The I Matter Project is now a Social Enterprise!
Cathy Betoin Training Ltd is a limited company, registration number 07570100, that I set up to administer the work of the I Matter Project.
In November 2014 Cathy Betoin Training Ltd formally and legally became a social enterprise. As someone who has trained within the public sector and been deeply committed to the public sector values this was a transition that was dear to my heart.
A Social Enterprise is defined according to 3 criteria:
i) There is a social mission - the mission of this p…
In November 2014 Cathy Betoin Training Ltd formally and legally became a social enterprise. As someone who has trained within the public sector and been deeply committed to the public sector values this was a transition that was dear to my heart.
A Social Enterprise is defined according to 3 criteria:
i) There is a social mission - the mission of this p…
Why I Matter Training? #4 Adult and child wellbeing are linked
The fourth reason I decided to develop this training was that as I studied all the research, it became very very clear that there were so many different approaches or models but to me, many of them were missing a key and fundamental issue, or adding it as an afterthought.
How many can you list yourself? Here are a few: Behavioural approaches, Cognitive-Behavioural approaches, Play therapy, Family Therapies, Psycho-dynamic or Person-centred counselling, Solution-Focussed approches, Webster-Str…
How many can you list yourself? Here are a few: Behavioural approaches, Cognitive-Behavioural approaches, Play therapy, Family Therapies, Psycho-dynamic or Person-centred counselling, Solution-Focussed approches, Webster-Str…
Why I Matter Training? #5 Understanding improves outcomes
So the fifth reason I became interested in creating this training is that I became convinced that to make a difference to the numbers of children who were struggling, the answer was not just more therapists and more therapy. Therapists and therapy tend to work with an approach that is inevitably based on an individualised approach. That is great!
Yet we have so many children who are struggling and the work involved to help put a complex child back on track can often be so time consuming tha…
Yet we have so many children who are struggling and the work involved to help put a complex child back on track can often be so time consuming tha…
Why I Matter Training? #6 There is rarely a quick fix
The sixth reason I decided to develop I Matter Training is that when it comes to living with or caring for children with complex needs, there is rarely a quick fix. Sorry!
When we are faced with really challenging situations - we have all been in the situation of just wanting someone or something to come and sort things out and make things better - More than that we often want something or someone to come and sort the child or other person out - right now! Unfortunately, this can rarely, if …
When we are faced with really challenging situations - we have all been in the situation of just wanting someone or something to come and sort things out and make things better - More than that we often want something or someone to come and sort the child or other person out - right now! Unfortunately, this can rarely, if …
What is I Matter Training? Foundation 1: Personal Responsibility and Willingness to Grow
So what is I Matter Training? It is a psycho-educational project intended to provide you with a map that will support you in becoming more of an expert on the mental health or behaviour challenges you or your child are experiencing. I Matter training brings together complex ideas into a useable practical form so that you can decide which are important and relevant to you right now.
I Matter is not a therapy - but if you use it to guide your choices and decision making it will have therapeu…
I Matter is not a therapy - but if you use it to guide your choices and decision making it will have therapeu…
What is I Matter Training? Foundation 2: Partnerships matter
So what is I Matter Training? I Matter Training is intended to provide you with a way of bringing a lot of complex ideas together into a useable and practical whole so that you can be more confident about how to help yourself and your complex child.
I Matter is built on 3 core foundations. Foundation 1 is a reminder that if you want to see positive change - you have to be willing to take some personal responsibility and you have to be willing to grow and change yourself.
Foundation 2…
I Matter is built on 3 core foundations. Foundation 1 is a reminder that if you want to see positive change - you have to be willing to take some personal responsibility and you have to be willing to grow and change yourself.
Foundation 2…
What is I Matter Training: Foundation 3: Child Development Matters
I Matter Training aims to bring lots of complex ideas into a practical useable whole for those who live or work with complex children. One critically important idea that gets glossed over repeatedly in our educational and mental health practices is the issue of child development.
Children develop. The brain develops. Child brain development is impacted massively by experience as well as by genetics. However child development can be a very trusted guide if you are living or working wit…
Children develop. The brain develops. Child brain development is impacted massively by experience as well as by genetics. However child development can be a very trusted guide if you are living or working wit…
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