She was born in Turkey. She received her bachelor’s degree from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She obtained her master’s degree in clinical psychology and Ph.D. degree in counseling psychology from Ball State University, Indiana, U.S.A. She is interested in cross-cultural psychopathology, Turkish indigenous healing methods and multicultural counseling. Dr. Canel-Çýnarbaþ conducted research projects on intergroup anxiety and intergroup contact, cross-cultural construct equivalence of depression, anxiety and somatization, bias and translation in cross-cultural research, and racial microaggressions.