Therapy dog Lola supporting children’s wellbeing, looking over the water in Warrington.

Empowering Children, Schools and Child Focused Communities

We support children, and the adults, families, and communities around them, through compassionate, trauma informed practice. Our approach integrates Animal Assisted Intervention with developmentally supportive play based ways of working that help children feel understood, regulated, and ready to thrive.

At the All Is Well Approach, we don’t just bring a dog into schools. We bring relational understanding, evidence informed strategies, and safe, attuned spaces for children. Lola the Therapy Dog is part of a growing, whole child approach to emotional wellbeing, where connection, curiosity, and co-regulation guide everything we do.

Calm, connection, confidence…moving through the final half term of the school year.

As the All Is Well Approach continues to grow, we have expanded our work to include therapeutic play sessions alongside our established animal assisted and trauma informed support in schools and children’s residential settings.

We are looking forward to sharing more over the coming weeks, including some new and exciting developments.

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Catherine Whitlow, founder of All Is Well Approach, with her therapy dog Lola, indoors, both looking at the camera.

At the All Is Well Approach, we believe that when children feel emotionally safe, their ability to learn, grow, and connect flourishes. Emotional safety isn’t a luxury, it’s the foundation of education, wellbeing, and lifelong resilience.

I’m Catherine Whitlow, Published Author, Qualified Teacher, and Animal-Assisted Intervention Therapist, working alongside Lola, my gentle, intuitive Therapy Dog, twice a national award finalist, receiving a high commendation in one of the awards. Together, we offer trauma informed training, interactive Therapy Dog sessions, structured therapeutic play based wellbeing sessions, whole class themed sessions, and staff workshops shaped around the real world needs of pupils, staff, and settings. Whether you’re in Warrington, Widnes, Liverpool, or nearby, we’re here to support emotional wellbeing.

Our work is grounded in relational neuroscience, developmental theory, and the everyday power of co-regulation. We integrate play based approaches and Animal Assisted Intervention to help children feel understood, regulated, and ready to learn. By combining trauma informed practice, play, and therapy dog work into a cohesive framework, we create safe, attuned spaces where children can explore feelings, build trust, and develop long term resilience.

Whether delivering staff training, child led sessions, or whole school wellbeing strategies, we lead with compassion, curiosity, and evidence informed practice, because healing and learning grow from the same roots.

Creating Safe, Supportive Spaces for Children and the Adults Who Walk Alongside Them

Emotional wellbeing doesn’t exist in isolation — it lives in relationships, routines, and the adults who walk beside children every day.

That’s why we partner with schools and community based organisations, including charities, early help services, and volunteer led initiatives, to offer trauma informed, inclusive support that meets children’s emotional and relational needs.

Alongside direct work with children, we equip the adults around them with practical, compassionate tools rooted in relational safety, co‑regulation, and the science of connection. Whether it’s a teacher in the classroom, a family support worker on a home visit, or a volunteer offering a listening ear, we help build confidence and capacity for meaningful, everyday moments that promote healing, resilience, and belonging.

At its heart, our work is about partnering with people to nurture environments where every child and every adult feels seen, valued, and supported.