We are excited to welcome you to our website and pleased that you are interested in our center for your counseling needs. We love seeing new families and look forward to getting to  know each of you!  We understand life can be difficult under the best circumstances and are serious about providing counseling services that have positive life changing benefits.  Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive and personalized care possible to facilitate a satisfying therapeutic experience for your family.  This website is designed to provide you information on our center, background on your prospective counselor, as well as, the professional counseling and assessment services we offer.  The decision to enter therapy, request professional referral resources, or to place your child into counseling is important and we want you to feel confident and comfortable with the   informed choices you make.  Beverly brings insight, wisdom, and a sense of humor from her years as a teacher, counselor, school psychologist, and especially as a mom to bring the joy back into your parenting experience.  As she works with your family’s unique journey through life, she will not only change your child’s behaviors, but more importantly, their hearts.  Charles L. Allen once said, “When you say that a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.” Beverly wants her clients to hit “grand slams” no matter what brings  them to her door at the Sandlot Counseling Center!  If you have any questions or need additional information please don’t hesitate to call and ask. The Contact Us page has our address, phone number, and a helpful map and directions to our office. .                                                                                                                       .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  .    News Release   For Immediate Release                            .  .  January 31, 2012  Local Mental Health Practice Earns National Honors   The clinical therapy room at Newman Clinical Associates/Sandlot Counseling Center in Houston, Texas earned runner-up honors as the nation’s Top Playroom by the Association for Play Therapy (APT).  The entry was submitted by owner Beverly Newman, a licensed professional counselor-supervisor, licensed specialist in school psychology, and a registered play therapist-supervisor.       Top Playroom is a competition sponsored by APT (www.a4pt.org) that recognizes the nation’s most “safe, effective, and inviting playrooms”.  The term “playroom” describes those spaces in which    licensed mental health professionals use play therapy, when developmentally appropriate, to better communicate with and help clients achieve optimal mental health. It is particularly effective with children  because, just as adults use words to communicate ideas and feelings, children use play. .  APT is a national professional society that provides research, training, credentialing, and peer networking programs on behalf of licensed psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors, marriage &  family therapists, school counselorsand psychologists, and pediatric nurses throughout the United States and 25 other nations. .  Newman Clinical Associates/Sandlot Counseling Center (http://newmanclinical.com) offers Houston children and their families an enriching therapeutic environment filled with fun!  A special place in the community where therapy and play come together for hope and success.