John is a married man in his mid thirties who is experiencin…

John is a married man in his mid thirties who is experiencing symptoms of anxiety. He wants to start a family but isn’t sure that he’s prepared to make the sacrifices necessary for fatherhood.  His own father wasn’t very present. In sessions, he frequently mentions how disappointed he is in his older brother for not being more of a guardian to him, while he continues to insist that his father was absent because he had been through so much.Name two defense mechanisms that John is using.