Redecision
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or result of redeciding. countable, uncountable
"This would refer the case back to the national court for redecision if this was so."
- 2 A type of therapy developed by Mary and Robert Goulding in 1979 as a form of transactional analysis. countable, uncountable
"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 primarily on the use of directives. Rather, the redecision therapist guides the therapeutic process but allows the patient to determine the content."
- 3 A revision of a debilitating childhood decision that is made by an adult in the Child ego state as part of redecision therapy. countable, uncountable
"The following transcript is an example of an ego state dialogue which ends in a redecision."
Example
More examples"This would refer the case back to the national court for redecision if this was so."
Etymology
From re- + decision.
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