advised, confabbed, conferred, consulted, counseled(or counselled), parleyed, powwowed, treated

argued, bandied, batted (around), chewed over, debated, deliberated, discussed, disputed, hashed (over), kicked around, mooted, palavered, talked, talked over, ventilatedrehashedcoached, guided, tutoredrecommended, suggesteddirected, referred (to)