Ivan Kaufman MA

I’m Ivan Kaufman and I’ve been with TRI since September of 2021. I enjoy the ministry quality of the work. I like getting to do mental health counseling with people who do not necessarily know that they need it and watching them buy into healthy living.

I graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary and I’m licensed in Florida. I have a private practice, Redeemer Counseling. I work from a primarily experiential and behavioristic perspective as I practice counseling. I have found that these two modalities work in tandem well together to tackle more difficult cases like addictions and personalities disorders which is what is primarily referred to me. However, I have a particular heart for victims of sexual abuse and people wrestling with LGBTQ+ identity and matters of faith in the midst of those specific wrestlings. I've done multiple IFS and ACT trainings. I hope to start EMDR training in the fall, brain spotting in the spring, and I am thinking about start my CSAT (Certified Sex Addiction Training) at some point but I am worried that it would narrow the types of clients I work to that specific demographic. I especially enjoy working with young men in their 20s navigating manhood and male/female sexual abuse survivors.

I've lived in Orlando for most of my life and I have a really rich community because of it. I've thought about moving because I've begun to hate the heat in my older age. But I couldn't possibly leave all the people I love here. I'm single but I live with my two best guy friends. We all go to the same church together and have weekly meetings where we can intentionally engage one another and share where we are at. Most of my family is in Florida but my family is complicated to say the least in this little survey.

For fun, I enjoy books, movies, video games, board games, table top tennis, role playing games, and dinners with close friends. I feel most alive when I’m with my people. If I could travel anywhere, I would visit the states where all of my best friends live. My favorite movies as a child were Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and most things fantasy related.

I currently attend New City Orlando which is PCA.

To contact me, texting/calling is best 407-432-6969 (EST) or my e-mail is ivankcounseling@gmail.com.