Ethics and deontology

Ethics and deontology

This chapter on ethics reminds us that the use of Amour Monstre is never « neutral »: a tool can open up speech, but it can also expose, activate or endanger if the frame is not suited. It sets a central marker: the clinical priority is safety and dignity, especially when there is trauma, power asymmetry or suspicion of violence. You will learn to work within a trauma-informed frame (pace, choice, titration, the right to withdraw), to spot the signs of derailment and take back control of the setting, and to assume a responsible non-neutrality when it comes to protecting rather than « pitting people against each other ». The simple idea running through the whole chapter: the tool is good when it increases the possible choices; if it does the opposite, we slow down, adjust, or change the frame.