redecision

Noun

redecision (countable and uncountable, plural redecisions)

1. The act or result of redeciding.
   • This would refer the case back to the national court for redecision if this was so.2007, Gareth T. Davies, Reforming the Relationship between National and European Courts
   • Commission Rules of Practice 231(b) and 230(h) provide that, even if Respondents were entitled to the information sought, which we do not find that they were, no rehearing or redecision of a proceeding already heard or decided is required, unless Respondents establish that the Division's failure to...2009, Securities And Exchange Commission, In the Matter of Thomas C. Bridge, James D. Edge, and Jeffrey K. Robles., →ISBN
2. (psychotherapy) A type of therapy developed by Mary and Robert Goulding in 1979 as a form of transactional analysis.
   • Unlike some social constructionists, however, the redecision therapist does not wait for a story to emerge in the therapeutic dialogue, or limit her/himself to suggesting a new story by highlighting exceptions and times when the patient did not follow accustomed patterns, nor does s/he depend...2002, Keith Tudor, Transactional Analysis Approaches to Brief Therapy, →ISBN
   • When I first met Bob Goulding he was presenting some of his ideas about redecision therapy at the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference in Phoenix in 1985.2013, Michael F. Hoyt, Interviews With Brief Therapy Experts, →ISBN, page 121
3. (psychotherapy) A revision of a debilitating childhood decision that is made by an adult in the Child ego state as part of redecision therapy.
   • The following transcript is an example of an ego state dialogue which ends in a redecision.2012, Marvin J. Fine, Systematic Intervention with Disturbed Children, →ISBN, page 198
   • This redecision gets her out of the victim position as long as it is made from the Child Ego State.2014, Karen G Lewis, Variations on Teaching and Supervising Group Therapy, →ISBN