Robertson clarifies that anxiety is a complex interplay of thoughts, actions, and feelings, not a simple emotion. He champions exposure therapy as the most validated treatment, noting a 90% success rate for phobias by confronting fears to achieve habituation. A key insight is that avoidance, including worry itself, is the worst coping strategy as it prevents natural emotional processing. He introduces worry postponement as a simple yet powerful CBT technique. The discussion contrasts top-down cognitive approaches, which address core beliefs for lasting change, with bottom-up nervous system regulation. Robertson draws a direct line from Stoic philosophy to modern CBT, emphasizing that voluntary actions and real-world application are crucial for managing anxiety. He also identifies anger as a high-success target for therapy, with a 70% success rate, and explains how it often masks underlying pain. Finally, he shares his personal disillusionment with psychodynamic therapy, finding more resonance in the evidence-based and philosophical grounding of CBT and Stoicism.