ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN
CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION (CPE) AND
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EI)
Csaba Szilagyi
Csaba Szilagyi has served in hospital-based spiritual care for more than 15 years. He has served as manager of spiritual care and chaplaincy at the Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health and as Director of Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy at Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center.
He holds three master’s degrees in management, education and divinity from Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Karoli Gaspar universities, respectively. He is an Association for Clinical Pastoral Education certified educator and a member of the Association of Professional Chaplains. Szilagyi is an ordained clergy member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in America. He currently serves as Assistant Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Religion, Health, and Human Values at Rush University Medical Center, as well as the Director of Transforming Chaplaincy.
Paul Galchutt
Paul’s passion for palliative care began at the University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) where he served as both an inpatient palliative care chaplain and research chaplain. His love for how the evidence base can be translated into practice is poured into his work as the Assistant Director of Engagement for Transforming Chaplaincy (TC). With TC, he also combines his passion for palliative care with his love for research through his role as the convener of the Hospice-Palliative Spiritual Care Research Network. Paul has his MPH and is enrolled as a PhD student with the University of Maryland’s Palliative Care program where he focuses on the palliative care chaplain’s progress note. He is also fortunate to serve as faculty within the Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC) founded by Drs. Betty Ferrell and Christina Puchalski. Additionally, Paul serves on the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education’s research committee. He has been with Joanna for over thirty years in marriage. Together, they have two young adult children. Left to his druthers, Paul can be found at a local crag climbing or searching for the hike that simultaneously yields the most solitude as well as the vistas that lead to dyspnea.
Kristin Langstraat
Kristin's interest in CPE and Emotional Intelligence comes from her desire to help nurture more connected and emotionally resilient spiritual care providers (in her context, chaplains and faith leaders). Kristin first glimpsed the importance of emotional intelligence when she was a beginning chaplain and pastor, during her first units of CPE at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. Through CPE she learned more about how to feel, name, and use her emotions, both in patient/congregant care and in her relationships with peers and educators. She aims to help her students develop similar skills.
Kristin was ordained an Elder in the United Methodist Church in 1998 and became an ACPE Certified Educator in 2011, completing her training with Fairview Health System's Supervisory Training program. She went on to serve as the System Director for Faith Community Relations at OhioHealth in Columbus, Ohio. She returned to M Health Fairview in September of 2021 and currently serves as the CPE Manager at M Health Fairview at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.
Kristin earned her Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology in Southern California. In May 2022, she completed her Doctor of Ministry in Spiritual Care Leadership and Education at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Her thesis allowed her to have in-depth conversations with her UMC clergy colleagues about their pastoral formation and resulted in a project entitled: "The Development of Emotional Intelligence in United Methodist Pastors: An Introductory Investigation."
When she is not travelling, Kristin spends her time with family and friends, as well as painting, hiking, and kayaking.
Patricia "Kim" Palmer
After a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering and a successful career as an environmental consultant, Kim earned a Master of Divinity from Emory University. Following clinical pastoral training, she was retained at Emory University Hospital as the Spiritual Health Oncology Fellow to provide spiritual care to patients, families and staff in both outpatient and inpatient oncology settings and to develop research knowledge and experience. Kim earned an MSPH in Epidemiology at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, where she focused on spiritual care at end-of-life and chaplaincy interventions targeting those who are religiously unaffiliated. Kim is board-certified chaplain with over 5 years of clinical experience. She has been a Transforming Chaplaincy Fellow, and brings her research training and experience to the Woodruff Health Sciences Center where she helps to coordinate and execute research studies in spiritual health from design to publication.