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Interviews as a mental health expert

Mental health expert interview as part of a Hudson Valley based documentary about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.

Nina Schmidbaur, owner of Clovelea therapeutic collective and somatic play therapist talks about the restoration of the former Dragon Inn restaurant in Saugerties, NY.

Interviewed as a juvenile justice re-entry expert, therapist at residential treatment facility for Spark Media Project in Dutchess County.

Woman in a leopard print dress standing on a cracked parking lot with a white dog, in front of a large abandoned house with a collapsed porch and overgrown bushes.

Hudson Valley One


”This may seem like a childish dream, but it recently came true and Schmidbaur is now the owner of the crumbling mansion, originally known as Clovelea.”

A woman with long blonde hair wearing a red coat standing in front of an old, Victorian-style house during winter with snow on the ground.

“Nina Schmidbaur, 31, a social worker who became a local hero when she bought a crumbling Victorian mansion on Route 9W called Clovelea that she had vowed to own since childhood, though it had been ravaged by fire and two decades of neglect.” -NYT

Commitment to Community

Co-Chair of the Hudson Valley Guild of Mental Health Professionals

Chair of the Saugerties Arts Commission

Saugerties Public Library Board Vice President