Consulting Designed for the Whole Family
with Jonathon Nixon and Jorie Cotton- Family Consultants
Rebuild Connection at Home
Specialized Family Consulting Services for Disengaged or Struggling Families
Reconnect. Realign. Reignite Your Family Bonds.
Welcome to Native Life Family Consulting!
Every family hits rough patches — moments of emotional distance, miscommunication, and disconnection. Whether you're noticing more screen time than face time, repeated arguments, or emotional withdrawal from one another, these are signs your family may be running on autopilot.
Our Family Consulting Program is designed to help you hit pause, regroup, and come back stronger — with tools that support deeper connection, clearer communication, and more joy in your home life.
What Is Family Consulting?
Unlike traditional therapy, family consulting focuses on practical, proactive strategies to bring families back together. It’s ideal for families who may not require clinical treatment, but are looking for expert guidance on how to re-engage, reduce conflict, and cultivate more meaningful time together.
Whether you choose to work independently through our self-guided home program or collaborate with a trained family consultant, the goal is the same: to help your family function with more unity, structure, and purpose.
“This is such an amazing idea! My wife and I love having the ability to work with Jonathon and Jorie on different levels in our family life. If I needed help with some individual work or my wife needed her own space to work through issued they were always there to help us better articulate and bring those issues together in our structured family meetings. In a way I like to think of then as our emotional butlers who were always ready to help us when issues arose in our family life. ”
How the Program Works
Families can choose between two flexible paths:
At-Home Program
A self-guided, easy-to-follow system that helps families reconnect in their own time and space. Includes:
12 themed modules based on family wellness and systems theory
Interactive activities, reflection prompts, and structured family meetings
A family game guide to foster connection through play
Tools to track progress and celebrate wins as a family
Family Consultant Support
Prefer guided help? Work directly with a family consultant who will:
Facilitate structured family meetings
Help identify patterns of disconnection and guide new habits
Coach your family on emotional expression, problem-solving, and positive feedback loops
Integrate custom family games and bonding activities to make change fun and sustainable
Topics We Cover
Our program is rooted in family systems science, with modules that address the most common pain points in family life, including:
✅ Family Structure & Functioning
✅ Communication Styles & Emotional Congruence
✅ Emotional Transactions & Feedback Loops
✅ Boundaries, Rules & Roles
✅ Stress, Problem Solving & Family Resilience
✅ Creating Rituals of Play, Joy, and Togetherness
Each topic is designed to spark conversations, deepen understanding, and support long-term change — not just quick fixes.
“I was actually recommended this service by my therapist who mentioned it to be a resource that might help deal with some family issues I was having with my two sons. I was expecting it to be another form of talk therapy, but I really appreciated the way Jonathon and Jorie guided me and helped develop a weekly family meeting with my wife and kids that we use to play games and have fun with one another. It has been a really nice addition to my own personal therapy.”
Why Families Choose This Work
Families who work with us often experience:
✔ Improved emotional responsiveness and connection
✔ More cooperation and less conflict
✔ Greater confidence in handling family challenges
✔ A renewed sense of warmth and fun at home
✔ A system for checking in, solving problems, and playing — together
The Value of Hiring a Family Consultant
A trained family consultant offers fresh perspective, structure, and support without judgment or clinical pressure. We help you:
Reestablish healthy family meetings that work
Decode dysfunctional cycles and create better ones
Encourage shared leadership and emotional safety
Promote family play and laughter as part of daily life
Strengthen your attachments to support independence and growth
Ready to Reconnect Your Family?
📦 Try the At-Home Program
Get instant access to all 12 modules, family meeting templates, and your own personal game resources.
🧭 Work with a Family Consultant
Book a discovery call and see how we can support your family’s unique needs.
Start Healing Your Family From the Inside Out
You don’t have to wait for a crisis to make change. A few intentional steps can help your family thrive again — with more laughter, more love, and stronger connection than ever.
“Very happy that I came across this. I learned a lot from the self home program. Tons of good information about common dynamics in families and helpful tips to set yourself up for success when it comes to getting the most out of your relationships. ”
FAQs
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This service is not the same thing as family therapy with a few distinctions that are important to consider.
Family therapy is a psycho therapy based service that can be billed through most insurance plans.
When it comes to issues related to complex trauma, domestic abuse, legal issues, or immediate family crisis (i.e self harm or suicide) family therapy would be the more appropriate service to consider.
Family consulting is designed to promote general family well being and functionality which include coaching in communication, relatability, creativity, engagement. goal development and generalized emotional support.
Family consulting has more flexibility when it comes to working with families who live across state lines from one another which can sometimes be a barrier to service with certain marriage and family counselors.
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This is primarily an online service and all services are conducted through video based calls Google Meet or Zoom.
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No. Clients can log in from different locations (as long as they access to the internet) into the provided video call room. In addition, your welcome to engage with your consultant individually or with specific members (for the added fee as laid out in the program guidelines) in between family meeting sessions to further address individual concerns.
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Native Life Family Consulting offers a 3 tier pricing model that reflects the different levels of services provided:
Self paced home study program: $500
Consultation Tier 2 $2000
VIP Consultation Tier 3
$3500
To learn more about the specific benefits visit our program page at: