John Tsilimparis, MFT 

Psychotherapist, mental health consultant, author and adjunct professor at Pepperdine, UCLA and Antioch University. Author of Retrain Your Anxious Brain (Hanover Square Press, 2020) and The Magic in the Tragic (Harper Celebrate, 2025). Also a blogger for Psychology Today and contributor to Camft's The Therapist magazine.  

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The Magic in the Tragic: Rethink Your Grief and Discover Happiness in Your Darkest Days 

Friday | May 1, 2026
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm 
(1.5 CEs)

Description:

Loss is inevitable, grief is unavoidable and the world is increasingly chaotic. This workshop teaches us that resilience doesn’t mean avoiding pain or repressing the feelings that come with it. There is purpose in pain and beauty in our suffering. Emotional Resilience is about developing a different relationship with grief and converting adversity into thriving. Imagine if you could learn to live with as much faith and confidence in the sorrowful as you do with happiness? Your life would be vastly different.   

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

• Describe three ways clinicians can help clients reframe grief to find value in the experience.
• Name three methods clinicians can use to help their clients develop emotional resilience. 
• Identify three strategies clinicians can offer their clients for addressing fear and uncertainty. 
• Describe two techniques for clinicians to help their clients identify the beauty of their deepest feelings.