Welcome to Tree of Life Publishing
Where wisdom meets the sacred—cultivating healing that grows, deepens, and steadies into lasting transformation.
Tools for a Lifetime is a multidimensional approach to healing and growth—integrating physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual development through clinically grounded, faith-informed resources.
Created by Dr. Robin Chester, PhD, LPC
Now Available - A New Path To Whole-Person Healing
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The Multidimensional Approach to Therapy: Tools for a Lifetime is now available—offering a grounded path toward whole-person healing.
Rooted in clinical insight and spiritual wisdom, MAT offers practical tools for healing across the physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual domains.
Begin with the free 7-day devotional or explore the book and guided journal designed to support lasting transformation.
What Is the Multidimensional Approach to Therapy (MAT)?Â
The Multidimensional Approach to Therapy (MAT) is a clinically grounded, spiritually aware framework designed to understand the full complexity of human development. It integrates five essential domains—physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual—into a unified system of healing and growth.
Rooted in neuroscience, psychology, trauma-informed care, and faith-integrated insight, MAT provides clear, structured pathways for personal renewal and professional transformation. Whether used by clinicians, educators, pastors, couples, or individuals, MAT equips you with tools that are both deeply accessible and profoundly life-changing.
Start Your MAT Journey
Start Your MAT Journey With the Quick-Start Free 7-Day Devotional & Recovery Kit
A gentle, guided introduction to healing and spiritual renewal—designed to help you reconnect, reset, and realign from the inside out.
Get the Free DevotionalBooks & Journals
Tools for a Lifetime Guided Journal
A year-long journey of reflection, personal growth, and spiritual renewal—rooted in the five MAT domains and integrated with scripture-based prompts.
 "Coming Soon"
Additional MAT resources and manuals are currently in development.
For me, your development is personal!
 After struggling to feel comfortable in my own skin for years, I finally decided to do something about it. What started as a quest to conquer my own insecurities has turned into a system that has helped hundreds of my members step into who they really are and confidently show up in their lives like never before.
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Multidimensional Approach to Therapy: Tools for a Lifetime
Your foundational guide to the MAT system — offering a clinically grounded, spiritually integrated pathway to understanding the Core Self, identifying Hurts, establishing Boundaries, developing Strengths, healing Intimacy, and integrating the five developmental domains that shape every human life.
This book is the foundation of the Tools for a Lifetime series and lays the foundation for your coaching manuals, journals, and courses.
Free MAT 7-Day Devotional & Recovery Kit
Reset your mind, emotions, and spirit with a clinical, faith-integrated devotional designed to help you:
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quiet anxiety
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restore clarity
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build emotional grounding
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reconnect spiritually
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strengthen the core self
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begin healing gently
Each day includes grounding practices, Scripture reflections, emotional recovery tools, and thought-provoking prompts aligned with the Multidimensional Approach to Therapy.
Medical & Mental Health Effective Integration for Pediatric Care
A professional development course for pediatricians, nurses, and clinic staff who want to integrate mental health practices into everyday medical care.
This course combines neuroscience, developmental psychology, trauma-informed approaches, practical communication tools, and real clinical strategies you can implement immediately.
Perfect for clinics seeking better coordination between medical and behavioral health teams.
Price: $497
(depending on format, access length, and institutional licensing)
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Transformational Tools for Healing, Growth & Spiritual Renewal
Explore the MAT BookPremium therapeutic resources, clinical-grade courses, and spiritually rooted multidimensional tools that help individuals, couples, clinicians, coaches, and institutions create lifelong change.
Rooted in Healing. Grounded in Faith. Designed for Transformation.
Tree of Life Publishing creates clinically sound, spiritually integrated tools for personal, relational, emotional, and professional transformation.
Founded by Dr. Robin Chester, Ph.D., LPC, MHSP, ADHD-CCSP, our mission is to provide premium resources that blend clinical expertise, therapeutic insight, and biblical grounding using the Multidimensional Approach to Therapy (MAT).
Whether you are an individual seeking healing, a clinician looking for evidence-informed tools, or a leader guiding others, Tree of Life Publishing offers structured pathways toward lifelong growth.
Professional & Certification Tools (Launching 2026)
“Advanced tools for clinicians, coaches, and institutions — by application”
Premium manuals for individual, couple, family, ADHD, leadership, and spiritual development designed to help professionals guide transformational growth with confidence and clarity.
MAT Coaching Manual
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MAT Couples & Intimacy Manual
(Coming Soon)
MAT Leadership Manual
(Coming Soon)
Future Manuals
(Coming Soon)
Tools for a Lifetime: Guided Journal for GrowthÂ
A beautifully crafted, spiritually integrated journal with monthly themes, daily prompts, weekly reflections, and 6- and 12-month integrative reviews.
Get Your Journal
Professional Courses
Future Courses Coming Soon
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