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 where she also serves as the clinical supervisor for the Behavioral Health team. She is from Philadelphia, PA, (and is still a die-hard Eagles fan!) She has a Bachelor's degree in music therapy from Mansfield University and a Master of Arts degree in Music Therapy from Drexel University…
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…
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.
As a psychologist, Dr. Reilly has worked extensively in diagnosis…
Post-Doctoral Cohorts
Leah Spigelman, MS, LMHCA
Leah Spigelman, M.S., LMHCA, is a Behavioral Medicine doctoral intern who completed her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Georgia and is pursuing her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL where she obtained her master’s degree. Her training has primarily focused on assessment and treatment of substance abuse, healthy lifestyle…
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…