Wendy Herriott

Wendy Herriott offers compassionate, person-centred counselling from her practice, Saam Counselling Services, and she welcomes people seeking support by phone or online from the comfort of their own homes. She chose the name Saam because the word Saam means together in Africaans and she sees that sense of togetherness as central to a helpful therapeutic relationship.

Trained at Waverley Abbey College, Wendy was awarded a Diploma of Higher Education in Counselling from Middlesex University and has also completed a Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling. She works in an integrative way, so some therapeutic work explores earlier life experiences while other interventions focus on how thoughts, emotions, behaviours and bodily responses connect, and on whatever the client specifically wants to address.

With four years of experience, Wendy has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties and life changes. She now works primarily with adults who are mourning a loss, helping them to share their stories and begin to process the impact of grief. Loss can show up in many ways and she accompanies individuals on their own unique journeys through bereavement.

Wendy also volunteers as a counsellor for Stafford and District Bereavement and Loss Support Service. As a Christian, older female therapist, she aims to provide a welcoming, supportive and inclusive service where clients can pause, reflect and consider their needs within a safe therapeutic space.