Meet Apree Clicque

We recently connected with Apree Clicque and have shared our conversation below.

Apree, thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?
There are probably many answers to this question. I recently read a book that discussed how being engaged in activities, especially for longer periods of time without quitting, can build up things like resilience. Looking back on my childhood/adolescence, my parents definitely had my sister and I involved in many things. I think that laid a foundation for my adulthood, where I just wanted to be involved in more things. I try to fill my weeks with engaging activities and volunteer work. The latter of which has probably done the most for my resiliency as it forces me out of my comfort zone regularly and the commitment piece keeps me showing up. You also have the opportunity to spend time with people on their worst days, and that humbling moment really pushes me to want to continue to show up and act on the instinct to be a part of something bigger. Being involved also has a positive impact on the rest of my life. I’m more capable of taking on bigger projects or learning about something when my emotional gas tank has been filled from time spent doing things I love.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
Howdy! My name is Dr. Apree Clicque, and I am a Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and a Nationally Certified Counselor. I am one of the owners of Dallas Therapeutic Services, which is a group mental health practice in Las Colinas. Our practice has multiple practitioners with a variety of specialities. It is our hope to be able to engage our community’s mental health needs. Outside of my professional life, I am a volunteer with the non-profit organization Team Rubicon – a group that responds to natural disasters.

In 2022, I obtained my Psychologist licensure, which has opened the door for many exciting new opportunities. We are now proud to offer advanced psychological testing, including Autism, Diagnostic and IQ testing. It’s been amazing to see how the right diagnosis can open doors for individuals as they begin to find treatment options that work for them. We have also been working to provide more continuing education opportunities for providers to further our mission of providing quality services to the community.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I’ve been fortunate to have had many mentors in my lifetime all with different areas of expertise. Some of the biggest take aways were being okay with failure, cultivating a healthy culture wherever you go and being the type of leader others need. To this day, I dislike failure to my core, but I am aware of the necessity of it. There are still times that it stings when I am not correct, and I definitely have moments of bristling or becoming defensive, but this is an area I am constantly working to grow. I have been taught over and over that culture eats goals for breakfast, and I believe that. As an achiever type, I always have a list of a dozen goals, but those pale in comparison to the need for creating a culture where people can thrive. I would encourage others to put more energy into that environment versus trying to create goals that are destined to fall short or lack luster in an environment where others are not happy. Being a leader really needs the ability to be adaptable. Not everybody is going to need the same type of leadership, and you cannot expect them to just want the version you bring to the table. I would encourage others to take the time to learn about the people in their life and what drives them so that you can try to adapt your leadership skills to that. This applies to all areas of our life as I truly believe we are always in a leadership role from our areas of work, to our friendships to the children around us and so forth.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?
I have been fortunate to read a lot of great books. I think my current favorite is The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. Despite this being a work of fiction, it is one of the first ones I recommend to my therapy clients. I love the idea of being able to reframe what a person is going through as having endless possibilities attached to it, and I really latched onto the knowledge that we always think things are going to be better if this one thing happened (the grass is always greener), but the reality is that’s probably not the case. It was a book that helped me to feel more present and accepting of my reality.

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