redecisions

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
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
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