Rainer M. Holm-Hadulla

Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla, MD (born September 22, 1951) is a German professor for psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy and psychoanalisis.

Holm-Hadulla studied medicine and philosophy at the Universities of Marburg, Rome, and Heidelberg. From 1976 till 1978 he worked as an assistant doctor. From 1979 till 1986 he became a specialist in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy and assistant professor at Heidelberg University.

Since 1986 he is the director of the counseling service for students at Heidelberg University. In 1996 he became associate professor for psychotherapeutic medicine. In 2009 Holm-Hadulla was appointed at Morphomata, Center for Advanced Studies at Cologne University. In 2010 he was appointed at Marsilius-Kolleg, Center for Advanced Studies at Heidelberg University. In 2011 he became visiting professor at Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile. In 2015 he was appointed at Academia Argentina de Ciencias, Psychoanálisis y Psiqiuatría. Besides this, he works as a counselor, coach and psychotherapist in private practice. He is a training analyst of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA).

Books

• Passione. Il cammino di Goethe verso la creatività. Una psicobiografia. Traduzione dal tedesco e cura di Antonio Staude, edizione rielaborata e accresciuta rispetto all’opera originale. Mimesis Edizioni, Milano 2016, ISBN 978-88-5753-234-9.
• The recovered voice – 12 cases of practical psychotherapy. English edition of the German book Integrative Psychotherapie. Karnac Books, London/New York 2016, in press.
• Integrative Psychotherapie. Zwölf exemplarische Geschichten aus der Praxis. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-608-89158-4.
• Kreativität zwischen Schöpfung und Zerstörung. Konzepte aus Kulturwissenschaften, Psychologie, Neurobiologie und ihre praktischen Anwendungen. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-525-40433-1.
• Kreativität. Konzept und Lebensstil. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 3-525-49073-9.
• Leidenschaft: Goethes Weg zur Kreativität. Eine Psychobiographie. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-525-40409-6.
• The Art of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Revised and expanded English edition. Karnac Books, London/New York 2004, ISBN 1-85575-946-2.

Selected papers

The following papers are available from MedLine, PsycInfo and Research Gate:

• Holm-Hadulla, R. M., Koutsoukou-Argyraki, A. (2016)."Integrative Psychotherapy of Patients with Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders: The Case of a Musician Suffering From Psychotic Episodes". Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, doi.org/10.1037/int0000049.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M., Koutsoukou-Argyraki, A. (2015). "Mental Health of Students in a Globalized World". Mental Health and Prevention, 3, 1–4.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M., Bertolino, A. (2014). "Creativity, Alcohol and Drug Abuse: The Pop Icon Jim Morrison". Psychopathology, 47(3):167–173.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M. (2013). "The Dialectic of Creativity: A Synthesis of Neurobiological, Psychological, Cultural and Practical Aspects of the Creative Process". Creativity Research Journal, 25(3), 293–299.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M. (2012). "Goethe’s Anxieties, Depressive Episodes and (Self-) Therapeutic Strategies: A Contribution to Method Integration in Psychotherapy". Psychopathology, 46:266–274.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M. & Hofmann, F. (2012). "Counselling, psychotherapy and creativity". Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling And Psychotherapy, 3, 130–136.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M. (2011). "Creatividad, Depresión y Psicoanálisis: el caso Goethe". Revista Argentina de Psicoanálisis, 58, 695–714.
• Holm-Hadulla R. M., Sperth M., & Hofmann F. (2011). "Integrative Counselling". Asian-Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2, 3–24.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M., Roussel, M., & Hofmann, F. (2010). "Depression and creativity: The case of the German poet, scientist and statesman J. W. v. Goethe". Journal Of Affective Disorders, 127 (1–3), 43–49.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M. (2005). "Aesthetic and hermeneutic judgements in psychotherapy". Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, 12, 297–299.
• Holm-Hadulla, R. M. (2003). "Psychoanalysis as a creative shaping process". The International Journal Of Psychoanalysis, 84, 1203–1220.