Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla (born September 22, 1951) is a German professor for psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy.
Rainer Matthias Holm-Hadulla (born September 22, 1951) is a German professor for psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy.
Holm-Hadulla studied medicine and philosophy at the Universities of Marburg, Rome, and Heidelberg. During the period from 1976 until 1978, he worked as an assistant doctor. [1] Since 1979 until 1986, he became a specialist in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy and an assistant professor at Heidelberg University. [2]
From 1986 until 2016, he was the director of the counseling service for students at Heidelberg University and worked as a psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice. [3] In 1996, he became an associate professor for psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic medicine at Heidelberg University. [4] In 2009, Holm-Hadulla was appointed as a distinguished fellow to "Morphomata", International Center of Excellence for Advanced Studies at Cologne University. [5] In 2010, he was appointed as a distinguished fellow to "Marsilius-Kolleg", Center of Excellence for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at Heidelberg University. [6] In 2011, he became a visiting professor at the Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile. [7] In 2015, he was appointed to the Academia Argentina de Ciencias, Psychoanálisis y Psiqiuatría. [8] Moreover, Holm-Hadulla frequently gave scientific lectures in North-America, South-America and China. [9]
Since 2017, Holm-Hadulla continues to research and teach as an emeritus at Heidelberg University and as a guest professor at Universidad de Chile. [10] He also teaches as a visiting professor at national and international universities, e.g. the Pop-Academy Baden-Württemberg, Mannheim. [11]
In 2024 Holm-Hadulla was appointed as Honorary Member of the Chilean Academy of Medicine. [12] In 2025 he was awarded the degree of "Doctor Honoris Causa en Derechos Humanos para la Paz." [13]
His main areas of research are counseling, psychotherapy and creativity. [14] He continuously informes about practical applications of his research in broadcast and radio stations, newspapers and journals. [15] [16]
Holm-Hadulla developed with his colleagues a dialectical theory of creativity. [17] It starts with the antique concept, that creativity takes place in an interplay between order and chaos. Similar ideas can be found in neurosciences and psychology. [18] Neurobiologically, it can be shown that the creative process takes place in a dynamic interplay between coherence and incoherence that leads to new and usable neuronal networks. Psychology shows how the dialectics of convergent and focused thinking with divergent and associative thinking leads to new ideas and products. [19] Also creative personality traits seem to be contradictory, e.g. openness and selfishness, chaotic and disciplined attitudes, despondency and exuberance. Holm-Hadulla described the dialectics of creative personality traits on behalf of extraordinary personalities like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, [20] Robert Schumann, [21] Jim Morrison, [22] Madonna Ciccone and Mick Jagger. [23] His dialectical theory of creativity applies also to counseling and psychotherapy. [24] [25] [26]
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