This philosophical concept dates back to "German Idealism" and phenomenology.
Psychoanalyst and philosopher Jon Mills, has criticized this accusation as a misinterpretation of Freudian theory.
However, the intersubjective approach emphasizes that psychic phenomena are contextual and an interplay between the analyst and analysand.
[1] Heinz Kohut is commonly considered the pioneer of the relational and intersubjective approaches.
Following him, significant contributors include Robert D Stolorow Ph.D Stephen A. Mitchell, Jessica Benjamin, Bernard Brandchaft, James Fosshage, Donna M.Orange, Arnold Modell, Thomas Ogden, Owen Renik, Harold Searles, Colwyn Trewarthen, Edgar A. Levenson, J. R. Greenberg, Edward R. Ritvo, Beatrice Beebe, Frank M. Lachmann, Herbert Rosenfeld and Daniel Stern.