Paxton Has Difficulty with Dating

Paxton has difficulty with dating.Whenever his friends point out a woman they think he should approach,he finds himself thinking about how she will probably reject him.As a result,he rarely asks anyone out,and he complains to his friends that women don't like "nice guys." A cognitive-behavioural therapist would probably say that Paxton should

A) examine his childhood experiences for the source of his lack of confidence.
B) use free association to explore long-forgotten childhood experiences and traumas.
C) work toward what is most important to him rather than focusing on his friends' ideas of what is attractive or on their insistence that he find someone to date.
D) examine his thoughts and actions to see what keeps him stuck in this pattern.