Faculty and Current Cohorts
Faculty
Misha L. Whitfield, PSYD
Dr. Misha Whitfield (They/Them) is a licensed psychologist, who at CVCH serves a dual role as Associate Behavioral Medicine Wenatchee Director and Director of Clinical Training for two formal training programs, the Doctoral Internship and Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Service Psychology. Dr. Whitfield is a member of the LGBTQIA+ community. As a provider, Dr. Whitfield works with patients…
Nyssa Petersen-Ventura, PhD, GMHS
Dr. Ventura has been at CVCH for over 6 years where she completed her doctoral psychology training in Behavioral Medicine. She earned both a Master’s degree and Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University, where she was involved in research pertaining to socioemotional development and cognitive abilities. Dr. Ventura completed a Bachelor’s…
Christine Wineberg, Psy.D.
Christine Wineberg, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and behavioral medicine consultant in Chelan. She leads the Chelan Behavioral Health/Behavioral Medicine team as the Associate Director for Behavioral Health. She moved from…
AnnMarie Batdorf, PsyD, LMHC
AnnMarie Batdorf, LMHC is a licensed mental health counselor who has been in practice for 13 years. She was born in Quesnel, BC, Canada and moved to East Wenatchee with her family in 1981. After graduating from Eastmont High School, she lived in the Seattle area for 17 years, and then moved to Omak where she practiced in the area of rural mental health for 5 years. She moved back to East…
Lina Kurlis, Psy.D.
Lina Kurlis, Psy.D. is a licensed Psychologist and Behavioral Medicine Consultant. She was born in Florida, raised in Germany, and despite having spent many summers on the East coast growing up, she decided to settle in beautiful Washington upon returning stateside. Lina received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice from the University of Washington Tacoma in 2013, her…
John J. Arnold, PhD
Dr. Arnold is a Specialty psychologist who has been with CVCH since December 2020. He had previously worked as a psychologist at Lake Chelan Community Hospital from 1999 to 2020 assigned initially to the specialty trauma program at the hospital and then to the Sanctuary program, a dual diagnosis treatment unit, until the program closed in 2020. Prior to moving to Chelan, he had been a director…
Leah Spigelman, MS, LMHCA
Leah Spigelman, Psy.D., LMHCA (she/her/ella) is a Behavioral Medicine Consultant and Behavioral Medicine faculty training member who believes that by tending to the emotional, physical, social, and spiritual needs of a patient, she can cultivate a therapeutic…
Anna Edelman, Ph.D.
Dr. Edelman (she/her/hers) is a Behavioral Medicine Consultant and Postdoctoral Resident at our Wenatchee clinic. She will be starting as a full time clinical psychologist and member of the behavioral medicine training faculty in Fall of 2023. In 2015 she…
Christine Heller, Ph.D.
Christine Heller, Ph.D. (she/her) is a behavioral medicine consultant, licensed clinical psychologist, and behavioral medicine training faculty member at our Wenatchee clinic. She grew up in Seattle and recently moved to Wenatchee from Anchorage, Alaska. She is happy to be back in her home state and excited to live on the sunny side of the mountains. Christine earned her undergraduate degree…
Melissa Reilly, PSYD
Melissa Reilly, Psy.D., is a Behavioral Medicine Consultant who was raised in sunny Southern California. In 2012 she earned her Master of Arts in Psychology with honors from Pepperdine University in Malibu, Ca. In 2018, she completed her Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in Santa Barbara, Ca. She is a Certified ADHD Psychologist.
As a psychologist, Dr.…
Doctoral Cohorts
Carlos Aleman, M.Ed.
Carlos Aleman is an existential-humanistic based bilingual therapist and has been training to attain his doctoral degree in counseling psychology at Texas A&M University since 2019. Carlos has 4 years of experience working in community and integrated behavioral health settings. Carlos has experience working with a wide range of mental…
Lillian Bengtson, LMHC-A
Lillian (Lilly) Bengtson is a behavioral medicine intern completing her final year of her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology this year. Originally from Portland, OR, Lilly earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, and an M.S. in Psychology from Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID. She has…
Laura Aquije, M.A.
Laura Aquije, M.A. is a doctoral intern who is completing the final year of her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. Laura was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from California State University, Fullerton in 2019 and obtained her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology in 2022 from Alliant International University in Los…
Gwen Debassige Rasmussen, MA, LMHC-A
Gwen Debassige Rasmussen, MA, LMHCA (she/her) is a Behavioral Medicine doctoral intern and a PsyD candidate in Counseling Psychology at Northwest University. She holds a MA in Counseling Psychology and a MS in Aeronautical Science. Ms. Rasmussen is passionate about treating the whole person (mind and body). She is committed to reducing mental health disparities for culturally…