Are you looking for a new way forward for wellbeing - for adults and young people, at work or at home?
Stronger Relationships. Healthier Communities. Empowered Local Leaders
The I Matter Learning Journey helps you build strong foundations for nurturing confident, resilient, and
thriving relationship health and can help you turn challenges around.
Strengthening relationship health - starts with the adults - and with community
We are living in a time of growing stress and uncertainty. Adults and children alike are navigating pressures that can feel overwhelming.
I Matter Training was developed to help professionals and families in primary care settings, schools and community learn about and strengthen relationship health — starting with adults — so children, and adults, can feel safer, more confident, and better able to thrive.
Our psychoeducational approach is practical, and for all ages
I Matter self help learning can be for independent learners and for training via organisations and locality hubs and via practitioners who work with individuals and families.
I Matter aims to addresses missing elements of current practice by supporting individuals and communities to understand what’s happening in relationships, respond more confidently to challenges, and reduce unnecessary escalation - at home, at work, or community.
WHY RELATIONSHIP HEALTH ?
Relationship health underpins emotional wellbeing, behaviour, learning, and resilience — yet it is rarely taught in a practical, accessible way.
When adults and young people share a common framework for understanding stress, needs, and behaviour, conversations can shift from blame to problem-solving. I Matter provides that shared foundation.
I Matter is an online, self-paced programme introducing the overlooked issue of relationship health. Each licence gives 6 months access to learning modules, exercises, and reflection worksheets designed to help participants gain understanding and skills to apply relationship health concepts in practice.
Organisations can purchase bulk licences for staff, parents, or community groups. Optional roles like Link and Lead are available for deeper organisational facilitation, but are not required for individual self-help access.
I Matter is psychoeducational — it is not a therapy or clinical intervention.
WHY RELATIONSHIP HEALTH MATTERS?
When relationships struggle, everything struggles - locally and globally
Stress, conflict, behaviour issues, burnout, and communication difficulties all have their roots in relationship health. Yet most people have never been taught how relationships really work.
Training in the I Matter Framework gives you the essential foundations you need to understand what you are seeing around you. It helps you take charge of what you can change, and let go of what you can't so you can feel more confident, more connected and more aware of the important contribution you are making — at home, at work, and in community life - so you can be more choiceful about your own way forward.
Parents & Carers - Personal
Supporting Your Self and Your Child and Family
When your child struggles with behaviour, emotions, or confidence, it can feel overwhelming. The I Matter Self Help Learning Journey gives parents and carers strong foundations to understand what’s happening, respond calmly, work as an effective team with other adults and help children thrive — day by day, at home and in the community.
Progress I Matter Self Help Learning
Professionals & Practitioners
Prepare for Having More Confidence and Insight in Your Work
Supporting children, families, or teams under pressure is challenging. Our framework equips teachers, health staff, and youth workers with practical insights, strategies and a shared language to reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and make everyday interactions more effective — in schools, clinics, and community settings.
Become Relationship Health and I Matter Informed
Organisations & Local Leaders
Stronger Teams, Thriving Communities
Communities, schools, and workplaces flourish when relationships are healthy. The I Matter approach helps organisations embed relationship health at every level into organisation strategy, building confident teams, resilient children, and empowered local leaders who can respond to challenges effectively.
Develop Your Ability to Support Preparation, Prevention and Early Intervention
HOW THE I MATTER LEARNING JOURNEY WORKS FOR EVERYONE
I Matter is structured in phases that individuals and organisations can follow safely and scalably.
Individuals can get started independently or via certified practitioners or organisation and locality hubs
Phase 1
Get Started
Discover the I Matter Model
and the Community Wheel
Accessible learning for all
Build shared awareness
Phase 2
Fast Fundamentals
Learn the I Matter Framework Relationship Health Theory
More depth engaging learning
Time limited funded or self-funded
Phase 3
Deep Dive
Progress Theory to Practice with
Full Fundamentals and Deep Dive Extended consolidation learning
Plus Practitioner Training options
I Matter Self Help Learning offers a carefully designed learning pathway
for professionals and non-professionals
More understanding helps you address the priorities that matter most
GENERAL EDUCATION - SELF HELP
PREPARATION FOR ROLES CERTIFICATES
STRENGTHENING CONFIDENCE
RECOVERY OF RELATIONSHIP HEALTH
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
WHO IS THIS FOR?
I Matter has universal application. Study is progressed through independent self-paced learning
Many participants have personal, parenting AND professional interests,
YOU are the common denominator in all these roles!
So I Matter is always at heart a personal learning process
For Personal Wellbeing
For individuals who want practical, research-informed ways to understand how to develop more confidence in everyday situations.
Start Your I Matter Online LearningFor Adult-Adult Relationships
For those who want to think about what supports relationship health in all everyday relationships personal and professional
Start Your I Matter Online LearningFor Parenting &
Caring
For parents, grandparents and carers who want practical, research-informed ways to support wellbeing for selves and their children.
Start Your I Matter Online LearningProfessional Learning for varied settings
For professionals working with adults, children, and families who want a shared language and practical tools to engage clients and families with insight and skills.
Start Your I Matter Professional TrainingOrganisations via Locality Hubs, Schools & Teams
For schools, primary care, and community organisations interested in joined-up, relationship-health informed approaches.
Develop a Locality Hub Learning CommunityCertified I Matter Practitioner
Training
For practitioners interested in opportunities for learning to integrate relationship health and I Matter psychoeducation into their own roles.
Train to become a Practitioner
I MATTER LEARNING CAN BE PROGRESSED IN VARIED WAYS.
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Self-Help Self-Paced Online learning is the foundation
ideal for flexibility when there is a need to gain a general understanding with a focus on prevention and a desire to get started promptly - Some scheduled study support options for professionals and linked parents
Study support is recommended for the opportunities to learn alongside other people. Study support can be informal or more formal and can include workshops and discussion and 1:1 consultations -
Personalised coaching… with experienced local practitioners
Personalised coaching helps participants approach sitautions with the help of another person who can bring their understanding forward to help you as you make sense of what is happening.
I Matter offers a carefully designed learning pathway for professionals and non-professionals
You can use it to help you progress on the priorities that matter most to you.
WHAT MAKES I MATTER DIFFERENT?
+ We focus on adult and young person wellbeing
Relationship Health is an umbrella and a foundation concept that brings together decades of strong research evidence involving many aspects of physical, mental and relational wellbeing
+ There are clear, practical steps and powerful posters
The I Matter Five Steps to Success offers a roadmap that can be used immediately. There are 24 key ideas in the I Matter Framework.
+ The ideas are applicable across ages & roles
The same principles strengthen adult–adult and adult–child relationships.
+ We emphasise understanding, not just quick fixes
We focus on learning that lasts and on capacity that grows
Improving adult and child well-being
for difficult times starts with solid foundations!
HOW I MATTER TRAINING MAKES A DIFFERENCE?
We strengthen adults before asking them to support children
We build understanding, not just strategies
We offer staged learning, not pressure to “do it all”
We support real-world application, not short-term initiatives
THE I MATTER COMMUNITY WHEEL
The I Matter Community Wheel is a key part of the way that we think about community and promote ongoing conversations about relationship health.
The Wheel is designed to support schools and primary care with a practical, low demand way of engaging reflection on issues that often get overlooked, the Community Wheel acts as both a self-assessment prompt and the foundations of a life skills approach. LEARN MORE
I Matter offers a carefully designed learning pathway for professionals and non-professionals
It helps you work towards priorities that matter most to you.
WHO WE WORK WITH?
We work with organisations, professionals, and communities to make relationship-health learning accessible, practical, and sustainable, equipping participants to work better together>
Schools | Primary Care | Community | Professionals | Parents | Individuals & Young People
LOCALITY HUBS
We actively believe that local community is a key element for relationship health
So we have been working to develop a locality hub model starting in the Kendal area.
It is not a problem, if you are not in a hub area, but you might like to think about helping to develop one!
Starting with The Kendal Locality Hub Project
Because we believe that supported embedded learning is best, we are progressing locality hub projects as a method of developing access for parents and young people in Kendal via partner organisations. Participants progress online learning, with a flexible range of study support.
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The Kendal Integrated Care Community has adopted the I Matter Framework as a foundation for our thinking about how to work together in our community to help those who are struggling. Professionals and non-professionals are learning together. It feels good.
Dr Amy Lee , GP Safeguarding Lead Kendal Integrated Care Community
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The I Matter approach of considering the adults needs alongside those of the children is such a useful way to look at things and has turned the dynamics on its head for me. I have realised my stress levels are having a huge impact on all of us as a family and learning to change this is starting to make a difference.
Parent , parent of teenager with challenges
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EVERY teacher and parent would benefit from this programme. Parent carers are a group of people I would like to get this to. This would be a fantastic opportunity to bring a very isolated group of people together to improve the situation they are in.
Carer support professional , Children and adults of all ages
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I am a HLTA but also a parent and foster carer. I work with primary aged children, have 3 teenagers, and foster toddlers! This programme has been so valuable for each and every relationship I encounter on a daily basis.
Higher Level Teaching Assistant and Foster Carer , Trained for work and home purposes
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This programme has had a big impact on my own well-being which has meant that I have been more able to cope better with the expected and unexpected aspects of life in a calmer rational manner!!
School Leader , Key Stage 4 Leader and Parent
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The registration questionnaire really got me thinking. I realised how isolated I had let myself become and that this was not helping me or my child. I took action the next day and phoned a friend. I also made another follow-up appointment to speak with my GP.
Anonymous , Parent
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The first time I completed the questions I didn't really understand what they were all about. By the third time I really understood what was being asked. At first we were really stuck. However It has been exciting to see the progress.
Parent , Parent of child with explosive behaviour
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This training has been so much more than I expected it to be. I have learned so many things that have changed my understanding of myself and of my child. I have worked with many services before this but this has really made the difference. Now I know why I Matter
Anonymous , Parent of child with additional needs
A Four Element Partnership Model
- I Matter Learning is psychoeducational supporting reflection
- Organisations play a key role in supporting access to learning
I MATTER CERTIFIED PRACTITIONERS
Think, Formulate, Communicate, Educate
The I Matter Relationship Health Certified Practitioner pathway develops professionals’ ability to think relationally, formulate clearly, communicate meaningfully, and educate young people, adults and their parents and carers in ways that builds their own confidence and problem-solving capacity
Professionals and organisations can optionally progress enhanced support roles (Link / Lead) to help embed learning locally —but these are not required for self-help access.
I Matter Lead Practitioners can progress relationship health understanding through entry level Community Wheel discussions, and supported learning pathways in schools, hubs, and communities either as employed or as independent practitioners. LEARN MORE
THE COMMUNITY WHEEL IMPLEMENTATION SPRINT
Many practitioners and organisations understand relationship health and the I Matter Framework in theory, however putting ideas into practice in a practical fashion without an excessive workload can feel tricky.
The Community Wheel Implementation Sprint is an optional extra that helps small teams (3–5 participants) turn I Matter understanding into practical action.
Participants create a Community Wheel Programme, learn how to run entry-level relationship health conversations, and build shared language — all in a cohort-based, supported setting.
This Sprint is designed as a low-cost upgrade for teams who have completed Phase 1–2. LEARN MORE
I Matter offers a carefully designed learning pathway for professionals and non-professionals
I Matter helps you progress the priorities that matter most to you.
WHY INVEST YOUR TIME NOW?
"The world is becoming more challenging for young people and adults — at home, at work, and in our communities. Investing in your own understanding and skills for relationship health and confidence is urgent and time well spent".
"By learning about relationship health and an I Matter Approach, and developing your confidence and skills, you’ll be better equipped to navigate challenges, support your children and family members, and create lasting positive change in home, work place and community."
ABOUT DR CATHY BETOIN
I Matter Training grew from 20+ years of clinical experience across child and adult mental health, education, community practice and family support. Today it provides grounded, accessible learning for people who want healthier relationships in everyday life.
Dr Cathy Betoin, Clinical Psychologist, Teacher, Parent
Ready to Explore How We Could Help You?
You can review some free resources
Or, start immediately with an Introduction course
We offer introductory conversations to help organisations, schools, and community groups understand how I Matter Training can be integrated safely and impactfully into your setting.
53 Stramongate
Kendal
La94BH
United Kingdom
