After Liang has gone on three or four dates with the same person, he finds himself coming up with reasons why he doesn't like her. He has done this with everyone he has dated since his parents were divorced two years ago. He tells himself that his parents' divorce has nothing to do with his own behaviour and tells his friends that he simply has yet to meet a woman who meets his standards. A psychodynamic therapist might say that Liang
A) is unconsciously using defence mechanisms to avoid anxiety related to dating and romantic attachments.
B) obviously experienced a traumatic loss of some kind before the age of seven.
C) probably had severe problems with dating during adolescence.
D) is secretly trying to show his parents what it felt like to have them break up and become single.
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