Ryan Seedall

Publications | Books

Publications | Book Chapters

• Seedall, R., Faustino Hansen, M.A, (2019). Odd and even day ritual in couple and family therapy: Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer Publications
• Seedall, R., Butler, M.H, (2016). Enactments: The SAGE encyclopedia of marriage, family, and couples counseling. SAGE
• Seedall, R., (2016). Social Support: The SAGE encyclopedia of marriage, family, and couples counseling. SAGE
• Seedall, R., Lachmar, E.M, (2016). Attachment Theory: The SAGE encyclopedia of marriage, family, and couples counseling. SAGE
• Seedall, R., (2014). Observing Relationships: A Conceptual Overview of Data Management and Analysis: Advanced methods in family therapy research: A focus on validity and change. . Routledge

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Seedall, R.B, Johnson, J.J, Covill, H.K, Gardner, C.M, Jugganaikloo, L., (2025). Attachment Behaviors in Couples: Therapeutic Considerations for Systemic Therapists from the Revised Adult Attachment Behavior Q-Set (AABQ-R).. Family Process, 64:4, e70088. doi: 10.1111/famp.70088
• Young, B., Seedall, R., Robinson, W.D, (2025). Couple treatment for religious OCD/ scrupulosity: Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Restoration Therapy. Journal of Family Therapy, 47:4, e70001. doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.70001
• Barboza, J., Seedall, R., (2025). Coregulatory Responsive Strategies in Bereaved Parents. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 30:8, 1054-1078. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2025.2483779
• Seedall, R.B, Willis-Moore, M.E, Schwartz, S.E, Odum, A.L, (2025). Delay discounting within couple relationships: An initial exploration.. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 51:4, e70082. doi: 10.1111/jmft.70082
• Theobald, A.C, Fife, S.T, Seedall, R.B, Spencer, T., (2025). Common Mechanisms of Change in Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder: A Delphi Study. Sexual Health & Compulsivity, 32:3, 151-184. doi: 10.1080/26929953.2025.2464724
• Spencer, T., Seedall, R., Gillespie, A., (2025). Achieving Change in the Treatment of Problematic Pornography Use: A Review of Common Factors. Contemporary Family Therapy, 47:1, 117-128. doi: 10.1007/s10591-024-09706-y
• Barboza, J., Seedall, R., Hooghe, A., Kaplow, J., Bradshaw, S., (2025). Forming our grief rhythm: The relational window of tolerance for bereaved parents. Family Process, 64:1, e13048. doi: 10.1111/famp.13048
• Seedall, R., (2024). Gender, attachment, and demand/withdraw patterns in the context of moderate couple conflict in cisgender, heterosexual relationships. . Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 50:4, 763-784.
• Young, B., Seedall, R., (2024). Power dynamics in heterosexual marital relationships: A Review and applications for systemic family therapists. Family Process, 63:4, 1703-1720.
• Ybarra, J., Seedall, R., (2024). Fostering connection: A dyadic analysis of the relationships between mattering, attachment, and mental health. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 50:3, 649–668.
• Seedall, R., Wampler, K.S, (2024). An attachment perspective on couple interaction: Helping couples signal needs clearly and respond appropriately. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 50:2, 267-289.
• Young, B., Willoughby, B.J, Otani, J.K, Seedall, R., (2024). The impact of timing of pornography exposure on adulthood outcomes of life satisfaction sexual attitudes, and sexual behaviour. Sexual Health and Compulsivity, 31:2, 123-141.
• Jenks, A., Adams, G., Young, B., Seedall, R.B, (2024). Addressing power in couples therapy: Integrating socio-emotional relationship therapy and emotionally focused therapy. Family Process, 63:1, 48-63. doi: 10.1111/famp.12961
• Seedall, R., Russo, R., Aller, T., Clark, J.K, (2024). #ThisIsWhatAnxietyFeelsLike: Twitter users’ narratives about the interpersonal effects of anxiety. Contemporary Family Therapy, 46:2, 399-408.
• Spencer, T., Seedall, R., Gillespie, A., (2023). Couple Recovery from Problematic Pornography Use: A Foundational Phenomenological Inquiry. Sexual Health and Compulsivity, 30:4, 342-364. doi: 10.1080/26929953.2023.2256314
• Barboza, J., Seedall, R.B, (2023). Evaluating the relationship between family resilience and grief-related symptoms: A preliminary analysis. Death Studies, 47:1, 10-20. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2021.1993381
• Barboza, J., Seedall, R., Neimeyer, R.A, (2022). Meaning Co‐Construction: Facilitating Shared Family Meaning‐Making in Bereavement. Family Process, 61:1, 7-24. doi: 10.1111/famp.12671
• Aller, T.B, Fauth, E.B, Seedall, R., (2021). Mental Health Awareness and Advocacy (MHAA) for Youth: An evaluation of a college-based mental health literacy curriculum. Mental Health & Prevention, 23:1, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2021.200204
• Butler, M.H, Spencer, T.J, Seedall, R., (2020). Reshaping couple configurations that get in the way of relationship repair and healing.. Family Process, 59:3, 1334-1352. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12475
• Taylor, N., Seedall, R., Robinson, W., Bradford, K.P, (2018). The systemic interaction of attachment and psychophysiological arousal in couple conflict. . Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 44:1, 46-60. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12239
• Boyce, L.K, Seedall, R., Innocenti, M., Roggman, L.A, Cook, G., Hagman, A., Norman, V.J, (2017). Influence of a parent-child interaction focused bookmaking approach on maternal parenting self-efficacy. Infants and Young Children, 30:1, 76-93.
• Seedall, R., Butler, M.H, Zamora, J.P, Yang, C., (2016). Attachment Change in the Beginning Stages of Therapy: Examining Change Trajectories for Avoidance and Anxiety. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 42:2, 217-230. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12146
• Seedall, R., Lachmar, E.M, (2016). Attachment-Related Dynamics during a Positively-Themed Couple Interaction: Implications of Anxiety and Avoidance. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 5:1, 27-42. doi: 10.1037/cfp0000054
• Seedall, R., Anthony, J.C, (2015). Monitoring by parents: Hypothesized male-female differences in evidence from a nationally representative cohort re-sampled each year from age 12-17 years. Prevention Science, 16, 696-706. doi: 10.1007/s11121-014-0517-8
• Downs, A., Seedall, R., Taylor, N.C, Downs, K.J, (2015). Attachment-based considerations for addressing adolescent substance use (ASU) in a family context. American Journal of Family Therapy, 43:1, 28-43. doi: 10.1080/01926187.2014.935683
• Seedall, R., Anthony, J.C, (2013). Risk estimates for starting tobacco, alcohol, & other drug use in the United States: Male-female differences and the possibility that 'limiting time with friends' is protective. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 133:2, 751-753. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.06.035

Professional Journal

• Allgood, S.M, Seedall, R., Williams, R.B, (2020). Expressive writing and marital satisfaction: A writing sample analysis. Family Relations, 69:2, 380-391. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12416
• Seedall, R., Wampler, K.S, (2016). Couple Emotional Experience: Effects of Attachment Anxiety in Low and High Structure Couple Interactions. Journal of Family Therapy, 38:3, 340-363. doi: 10.1111/1467-6427.12113
• Seedall, R., Holtrop, K.S, Parra-Cardona, J.R, (2014). Diversity, social justice, and intersectionality trends in C/MFT: A content analysis of three family therapy journals, 2004-2011. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 40:2, 139-151. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12015
• Seedall, R., Butler, M.H, Elledge, J.Z, (2014). Does religious motivation influence the conceptualization and acceptability of forgiveness as a therapeutic intervention? . American Journal of Family Therapy, 42:2, 127-140. doi: 10.1080/01926187.2013.772868
• Seedall, R., Houghtaling, A., Wilkins, E.J, (2013). Disclosing extra-dyadic involvement (EDI): Understanding attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Contemporary Family Therapy, 35:4, 745-759. doi: 10.1007/s10591-013-9243-9
• Seedall, R., Wampler, K.S, (2013). An attachment primer for couple therapists: Research and clinical implications. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 39:4, 427-440. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12024
• Seedall, R., Wampler, K.S, (2012). Emotional congruence within couple interaction: The role of attachment avoidance. Journal of Family Psychology, 26:6, 948-958. doi: 10.1037/a0030479
• Seedall, R., (2009). Enhancing change process in solution-focused brief therapy by utilizing couple enactments. American Journal of Family Therapy, 37, 99-113.
• Butler, M.H, Harper, J.M, Seedall, R., (2009). Facilitated disclosure vs. clinical accommodation of infidelity secrets: An early pivot point in couple therapy. Part 1: Couple relationship ethics, pragmatics, and attachment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 35, 125-143.
• Froerer, A., Smock, S.A, Seedall, R., (2009). Solution-focused group work: Collaborating with clients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 20, 13-27.
• Butler, M.H, Davis, S.D, Seedall, R., (2008). Common pitfalls of beginning therapists utilizing enactments. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34, 329-352.
• Gardner, B.C, Butler, M.H, Seedall, R., (2008). En-gendering the couple-Deity relationship: Clinical implications of power and process. Contemporary Family Therapy, 30, 152-166.
• Butler, M.H, Seedall, R., Harper, J.M, (2008). Facilitated disclosure vs. clinical accommodation of infidelity secrets: An early pivot point in couple therapy. Part 2: Therapy ethics, pragmatics, and protocol. American Journal of Family Therapy, 36, 265-283.
• Seedall, R., Butler, M.H, (2008). The attachment relationship in recovery from addiction. Part 2: Substantive enactment interventions. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 15, 77-96.
• Seedall, R., Andersson, L.G, Butler, M.H, (2006). Couples’ experience of enactments and softening in marital therapy. American Journal of Family Therapy, 34, 301-315.
• Butler, M.H, Seedall, R., (2006). The attachment relationship in recovery from addiction. Part 1: Relationship mediation. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 13, 289-315.
• Seedall, R., Butler, M.H, (2006). The effect of proxy voice intervention on couple softening in the context of enactments. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32, 421-437.

Public or Trade Journal

• Lindsay, T., Seedall, R., Gillespie, A., Robinson, W., Bradshaw, S., (2025). The Change Process Questionnaire (CPQ): A Psychometric Validation. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 51:1, e12748.

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Publications | Other

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