FAMILY FOUNDATIONS
Relational Recalibration for Families
Restoring safety, connection, and emotional balance within the family system.
A guided, embodied process for families navigating emotional overwhelm, behavioural challenges, or disconnection — supporting both parent and child to understand what’s happening beneath the surface and how to move through it together.
IF YOU'RE HERE,
YOUR FAMILY MIGHT BE...
• Experiencing frequent conflict, tension, or emotional overwhelm
• Struggling to understand your child’s behaviour or needs
• Feeling disconnected, frustrated, or unsure how to respond
• Navigating anxiety, shutdown, or big emotional reactions
• Moving through change, separation, or family transitions
• Supporting a neurodivergent or highly sensitive child
• Feeling like you’ve tried everything, but something still isn’t shifting
This is not about fixing your child, or your family system.
It’s about understanding the relationships between yo.
Because what’s happening in your family isn’t random —
it’s a pattern within a system that can be seen, understood, and shifted.
WHY THIS HAPPENS
Families function as emotional systems.
When one part of the system is overwhelmed, dysregulated, or unsupported — it impacts everything and everyone.
What shows up as:
• behaviour
• conflict
• emotional outbursts
• shutdown or disconnection
…is often a nervous system response, not a conscious choice.
Without the right tools or understanding, families can become stuck in repeating cycles — reacting, repairing, and repeating again.
WHAT IS FAMILY FOUNDATIONS
Family Foundations is a guided space where parent/guardian and child/ren come together to:
• understand what’s happening beneath behaviour
• learn how to regulate individually and together
• shift patterns of reaction into patterns of connection
• rebuild trust, safety, and communication
This is not therapy.
It is not advice or behaviour management.
It is relational work —
supporting the emotional connection between you and your child/ren to recalibrate, so the entire system begins to shift.
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
A calm, supported space where nothing is judged or rushed.
Where you are not told what to do —
but guided to understand what is already happening, and how to move through it differently.
Sessions are relational, practical, and embodied —
blending conversation, creative exploration, and nervous system awareness.
This is where insight becomes change — not just awareness.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE
Sessions may involve:
• parent and child together
• individual time with parent or child
• whole-family sessions
• a mix of conversation, observation, and guided interaction
We work in real time with what is present —
how your family communicates, responds, and relates.
Sessions may include:
• understanding behaviour beneath the surface
• guided co-regulation practices
• shifting patterns as they arise
• creative or embodied exercises
• practical tools for home integration
WHO IS THIS FOR
Family Foundations is best suited for:
• families experiencing ongoing emotional or behavioural challenges
• parents who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to support their child
• children needing deeper support beyond group settings
• families navigating trauma, transition, or disconnection
• parents ready to look beneath the surface and create lasting change
ONLINE OR IN-PERSON
IN PERSON
In-person sessions allow for:
• shared physical space
• creative exploration together
• deeper observation of family dynamics
ONLINE
Online sessions are just as effective — adapted for your home environment.
Sessions are guided through:
• real-time interaction and observation
• conversation and relational guidance
• simple tools using what you already have
Resources and practices may be shared for integration between sessions.
WHAT CHANGES
As the family system begins to regulate and reconnect:
Children begin to:
• feel safer and more understood
• express emotions more clearly
• reduce reactive behaviours
• build confidence and emotional security
Parents begin to:
• respond with more clarity and calm
• understand behaviour at its root
• feel more confident in how to support their child
• experience less conflict and more connection
The home environment begins to shift — from tension and confusion →to safety, rhythm, and trust.
HOW DOES FAMILY FOUNDATIONS WORK
FAMILY FEEDBACK
“Absolutely life changing for our family. Our child is calmer, more confident, and we finally feel like we understand what’s going on and how to support them. The energy in our home has completely shifted.”
INVESTMENT
3 SESSION FOUNDATION
$450 NZD (Required Entry)
Phase One: Clarity and Stabilisation
This foundational phase allows us to understand what’s happening within your family system and begin restoring a sense of safety and clarity.
Across three 90 minute sessions, we:
• Map family dynamics and relational patterns
• Identify emotional triggers, responses, and recurring cycles
• Understand behaviour through the lens of the nervous system
• Introduce tools for co-regulation and emotional safety
• Begin shifting how parent and child relate to one another
This phase creates the foundation for change.
For many families, this alone brings significant insight, relief, and a noticeable shift in the home environment.
From here, you may choose to continue into further support depending on your family’s needs.
6 SESSION DEEPENING
$870 NZD (save $30)
Phase Two: Integration and Repatterning
Recommended for families navigating more complex or deeply embedded patterns.
This phase moves beyond awareness into consistent, embodied change.
Across six 90 minute sessions, we:
• Interrupt reactive cycles in real time
• Strengthen co-regulation between parent and child
• Rework long-standing behavioural and emotional patterns
• Build new relational dynamics grounded in safety and trust
• Support the family in responding differently under stress
• Integrate tools into everyday home life
This is where repetition creates lasting change.
The family system begins to stabilise, and new patterns become the norm — not the exception.
ONGOING INTEGRATION
$160 NZD (After Foundation)
Available after completion of a foundation or deepening phase.
$160 per session
Sessions may be scheduled:
• weekly
• fortnightly
• every 3 weeks
These sessions support continued growth, maintenance, and navigation of new challenges as they arise.
PACKAGE DETAILS
How sessions are offered:
• In person — Christchurch, New Zealand
• Online — available nationwide and internationally
This work is intentional, personalised, and guided over time. All families begin with a 3-session Foundation to establish clarity, safety, and momentum.
After your initial 3 sessions, you can choose the pathway that feels most supportive:
Option 1: continue with another 3 session package to move into deeper work - ideal for families who want to continue building momentum at a manageable pace.
Option 2: deepen with the 6 session package.
Packages can be booked as many times as necessary, alternatively single sessions are available.
Sessions are 90 minutes. Specifically designed resources and tools are offered post session, accessible from your personal family drive folder. Pre-session check in forms are filled out to ensure I have the most up to date information leading into our next session.
Sessions are held weekly, bi-weekly or every three weeks.
To protect the integrity of the work and support your best outcome 3-session packages are to be used within 9 weeks and 6-session packages are to be used within 18 weeks.
Payment options:
• Pay in full
• 50/50 halfway payment
• 4 Instalments available
• Afterpay available
This work is intentional, developmental, and deeply personalised.
A minimum of 24 hours’ notice is required for rescheduling or cancelling.
Packages are non-refundable.
PROFESSIONAL NOTICE
Family Foundations is a developmental and integrative support service.
It is not a replacement for medical, psychiatric, or clinical psychological care.
This work complements — but does not replace — therapeutic or medical treatment.
By engaging in this process, you acknowledge responsibility for your family’s participation and wellbeing.
