Professor Dr. Yeşim Korkut is a clinical psychologist, and is a psychoanalyst member of IPA (International Psychoanalytical Association) and Psike-Istanbul Psychoanalysis Training, Research and Development Association. She is also a training and supervising analyst.

Yesim Korkut worked as a program coordinator in the areas of Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology in the period when she worked full time in state and private universities.

Korkut is an experienced therapist working with individuals since 1992, as well as couples and families. She also has the certificate of EuroPsy - European Psychotherapy specialty.

For many years she was the chair of the Turkish Psychological Association Ethics Committee. Prof. Dr. Korkut, acted as a member of EFPA Board of Ethics, the representative of Turkey nearly 15 years. She has been chair of the Ethics Committee of Psike-Istanbul Psychoanalysis Training and Research Association, for three terms Korkut is elected as chair to EPF Forum on Ethics, which is now EPF Committee on Psychoanalytic Ethics, from 2024 march on.

Korkut knows english and german.