SWOT, SS definitely lacks empathy. That has been noted with the psychosexual evaluation, the therapists, and the case worker. Therapists have been working on teaching him by having each us of describe to him how the things he does make us feel. How they impact us by describing our emotions instead of telling him this is the right way, this is the wrong way. For a time, it seemed that was getting through to him. SS seems to be able to change faces very quickly for the situation. He tends to say the ‘right things’ when he needs to. When asking SS how he thinks someone feels about something he can tell you the words but can’t explain how it might feel. Therapists are unsure if he can’t ‘feel emotion’ so he doesn’t know how we feel or if he doesn’t have the cognitive ability to describe those emotions. Honestly, one time I feel it’s that he is just cold hearted and only thinks of himself and other times I think he really just does not get this. Either way, it is very sad. However, one holds a lot of hope, the other not so much. One puts us all in danger, the other not so much.
