Traditionally, redecision therapy identifies early life decisions that influence life script and facilitates new decisions on a cognitive and emotional level that free clients from the constraints of old decisions. In this article, the authors describe how they apply this approach to couples therapy to create new choices for relationships. As couples develop beyond the initial blissful stage of a relationship, a frequent obstacle to personal growth or effective differentiation is a decision by one partner in response to a painful disillusionment with the other. The pain that results from the disillusionment often results in partners making self-protective decisions that affect future interactions, behavior patterns, and their emotional connection. Redecision work in the presence of both partners helps the couple to make new decisions about how to be with each other.

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Applying Redecision Therapy to Couples Work
Pages 69-76
Published online: 28 Dec 2017