When You (Counselor) Give a Homework Assignment and the Client

When you (counselor) give a homework assignment and the client says, "I don't want to do that. I'm overloaded with work as it is," the best option from those below would be to

A) insist that the client do the homework.
B) refuse to see the client until he does it.
C) just let it go for the time being.
D) use a paradoxical intention by telling the client that whatever he does, he should not do the homework.