Juha Holma

Juha Holma

Professor, Head of Department
Unit
Faculty of Education and Psychology
Department / Division
Department of Psychology
Room number
Mobile
+358408053488
Postal address
Alvar Aallon katu 9
Fields of science
515 Psychology

Biography

His doctoral dissertation deals with narrative analysis of psychosis and its treatment. He is a family therapist on advanced specialist level, and he has been a group facilitator in the treatment groups for men who have battered their partners. He is a professor in clinical psychology and psychotherapy research since 2015. He is a head of the Department of Psychology since 2018.

Research interests

His research focuses on processes of interventions for intimate partner violence among others group treatment for batterers, couples therapy and virtual reality interventions. He is the responsible researcher in research projects on group treatment for batterers and on couple treatment in intimate partner violence. He was co-pi in the EU funded VR per GENERE project which aim was to reduce intimate partner violence through the deployment of cost-effective prevention and rehabilitation tools based on immersive virtual reality.

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Psykologia
Hautala, Anni
Kallio, Joanna
Holma, Juha
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Perhe- ja pariterapialehti
Holma, Juha
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Psychotherapy Research
Gaily-Luoma, Selma
Valkonen, Jukka
Holma, Juha
Laitila, Aarno
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Gender-Based Violence
Pullinen, Maria
Seppänen, Saara
Tapola, Vojna
Holma, Juha
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Brain and Behavior
Riachi, Eve
Holma, Juha
Laitila, Aarno
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

BMC Public Health
Gaily-Luoma, Selma
Valkonen, Jukka
Holma, Juha
Laitila, Aarno
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Health Expectations
Keurulainen, Meeri
Holma, Juha
Wallenius, Elina
Pänkäläinen, Mikko
Hintikka, Jukka
Partinen, Markku
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Frontiers in Psychology
Gonzalez-Liencres, Cristina
Seinfeld, Sofia
Holma, Juha
Vall, Berta
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Current Psychology
Riachi, Eve
Holma, Juha
Laitila, Aarno
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Frontiers in Psychology
de Gelder, Beatrice
Gonzalez-Liencres, Cristina
Holma, Juha
Sanchez-Vives, Maria V.
Sandi, Carmen
Slater, Mel
Seinfeld, Sofia
Vall, Berta