Ethics Policy

The Ethics of Desire in Psychoanalytic Practice

At the Other clinic, ethics is not a checklist—it is a position. As an organisation, our philosophical and clinical orientation is Lacanian, and with that comes a commitment to what Lacan called the ethics of desire.

This means we are not guided by normative ideas of adaptation, functioning, or external authority. Instead, we are concerned with supporting each subject in their singular path—often unknown to them at the outset. 

Each therapist at the clinic is a private, independent sole practitioner. They are not employed by the clinic nor managed in any clinical capacity. Every therapist is expected to uphold the ethical codes and standards of their respective professional bodies (such as PSI, IFPP, ICP, IACP, APPI), and they are solely responsible for their own clinical practice.

Our role as a clinic is to provide the conditions for this kind of work to take place. We do not interfere with the clinical relationship, nor do we oversee therapeutic direction. The space between therapist and client is preserved—because it is in that space that something truly singular can emerge.