Ms Corné Wentzel

Registered Counselor

Verified

“I work with high-performing individuals and couples who’ve outgrown quick fixes and want more than superficial solutions. This work is grounded in clinical depth, shaped by experience and held with discretion. You can find my complete CV on my LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornewentzel”

About Me

This psychoanalytic approach helps you explore beyond immediate concerns to understand deeper patterns. If you feel stuck, disconnected, or lonely, or want to change relationship patterns, this approach helps uncover root causes. It can also address unexplained physical symptoms or general anxiety and stress. By looking beneath the surface, you can gain clarity and find new ways forward.

Approach

The work unfolds in steady, focused sessions where we trace recurring themes that shape your sense of self and your closest attachments. Sessions take place in Johannesburg, in English or Afrikaans, held privately and paced to respect your obligations while allowing reflective depth. I listen for patterns in feeling, action and bodily signals, gently linking past experience to present choices and offering observations you can test between meetings. This way suits professionals and couples seeking sustained, confidential change rather than quick fixes.

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Basic Information

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Services

I offer two pathways, each aimed at a specific level of impact:

1. Deep Coaching for situational impact

A focused 6-month engagement for those facing situations with hidden complexities behind outward success, whether personal or professional. Common themes include:

– Executive burnout, succession or identity shifts

– Professionals seeking purpose beyond achievement

– Entrepreneurs navigating scale, pivots or self-doubt

– High-performing couples facing trust, power or intimacy challenges

Rooted in psychoanalytic thinking, this coaching approach brings awareness to the patterns shaping current dilemmas. It fosters greater clarity, emotional insight and the capacity to make more authentic, intentional choices.

2. Psychoanalytic therapy for wide impact

A long-term, in-depth commitment to inner growth for those facing challenges which feel pervasive and persistent. This path is suitable for individuals who:

– Feel stuck in recurring relationship or career patterns

– Struggle with anxiety, fatigue or a vague dissatisfaction

– Experience physical symptoms that defy clear diagnosis

– Sense something missing, even if life “looks fine”

Psychoanalysis is an immersive process that invites open exploration of thoughts, feelings and internal patterns. By bringing unconscious material into awareness, it enables profound transformation in how we understand ourselves and relate to others.

Services Offered:

Psychoanalysis
An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.
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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Works With:

Adults
Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
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Behaviour or Conduct Issues
Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.
Stress / Burnout
The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).
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Self-Esteem
A person's overall sense of their own worth and value. When chronically low, it can drive self-doubt, avoidance, and difficulty in relationships.
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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