Avigail Gordon, PhD
Psychotherapy and Evaluations
The I2I
Relationship
Framework
The I2I Relationship Framework is a clinician-developed approach to understanding and working with relationships over time. It offers language, structure, and conceptual tools that help people make sense of relational patterns as they emerge, shift, and repeat — both in moments of connection and in moments of difficulty.
Rather than promising quick fixes or one-time solutions, I2I is designed to support ongoing relationship work. It brings together core elements drawn from multiple relationship models and clinical traditions into a coherent framework that people can return to as their lives and relationships move through different phases.
This approach supports not just the change itself, but the capacity for change over time — helping individuals and couples become better able to meet stress, conflict, difference, and transition as they arise, and to reset when they get stuck.
How the I2I Approach Works
The I2I framework is not a promise that relationship difficulties will disappear, or that life will become easier. Hard things will still happen, both within relationships and outside of them. What I2I aims to support is a shift in how people meet those moments.
By offering shared language, practical tools, and a clear framework for understanding relational dynamics, I2I helps individuals and couples become more able to work with difficulty as it arises — to slow down reactivity, to understand what is actually happening between them, and to reset when they’ve gone off course. Rather than being something you “complete,” the this work is designed to be returned to over time, as relationships move through different phases and challenges.
I2I facilitates the ability to think more clearly, communicate more honestly, and make intentional choices together in the face of stress, conflict, and difference. Used this way, it can help relationships become more resilient and more workable over time — not because problems disappear, but because people are better equipped to meet them.
The I2I Workbook
A practical workbook for using the I2I framework in real relationships
The I2I workbook is a therapist-designed resource intended to help people actively work with the framework in their own relationships. It includes guided reflections, exercises, and structured tools that support understanding, communication, and intentional change across a wide range of relational experiences — from relationships that are strong and seeking greater depth to relationships that are struggling and in need of support.The workbook is designed to be used flexibly. It can be read straight through, used in different configurations, and returned to over time. It can be a beneficial tool either on its own or alongside therapy or other forms of support.
