Betül Küçükardalı-Cansever is a marriage and family therapist and Ph.D. candidate in Medical Family Therapy at East Carolina University, with an anticipated graduation in December 2024. Her research focuses on trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and integrating trauma-informed, resiliency-oriented perspectives into medical settings. She serves as a teaching assistant for both undergraduate and graduate courses, helping to train future therapists. Betül previously worked as a Pre-Doctoral MFT Fellow at the ECU Health Medical Rehabilitation Center and as a member of an interdisciplinary pediatric neurosurgery team at Acibadem Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.