About Us – Heart & Soul

About Our Integrative
Medicine Practice

Our practice combines advanced medical knowledge with effective, alternative therapies tailored to your unique needs.

Welcome to Heart & Soul Integrative Medicine, where we redefine health care by integrating the best of conventional medicine with proven alternative therapies. Our mission is to provide personalized, comprehensive treatments that heal the whole person, not just the symptoms. Our team of dedicated practitioners brings expertise in multiple disciplines, ensuring that each patient receives care that is tailored to their unique health needs.

At Heart & Soul Integrative Medicine, we are committed to helping our patients achieve optimal health and wellness through innovative and thoughtful medical strategies. We believe in the power of combining traditional medical approaches with alternative treatments to support healing, prevent illness, and maintain a vibrant life. Discover how our patient-centered approach and passion for health can help you on your journey to better well-being.

Our Team

Amy L Offutt, MD

Dr. Offutt is an extensively trained Integrative Medicine physician who treats patients with complex health issues using a wide array of individualized strategies for healing. She cherishes her relationships with her patients and approaches her care viewing each patient as a whole person. Her goal is to partner with patients to empower them to regain vitality, strength, mental clarity, energy, purpose, and a desire to share their gifts with others. Dr. Offutt was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome Advisory Council. In addition, she serves as the President of the Board of Directors for ILADS (International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society).

Jennifer Real, MD

Dr. Real graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2003 with honors as a member of the AOA medical society. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at UC San Diego. Since then, she has practiced medicine in Virginia, Hawaii and now Texas. She is board certified in internal medicine, and also is a board certified hospice medical director. She also has extensive experience in leveraging telemedicine for improved patient care. 

She moved to Texas in late 2022, and is now excited to join Heart and Soul to continue her professional growth. Dr. Real believes that the body was designed to heal itself, if you let it and support it properly. She believes in good food, exercise, and sleep as medicine. She believes that a physician is here to support your individual health journey and goals. As an elite athlete, Dr. Real has a strong interest in aging well, increasing healthspan, and optimizing health and performance. Female health issues and hormonal issues are also a focus area of her practice. 

Dr. Real lives in Fredericksburg with her husband and 4 rescue dogs. Cycling is her main hobby, and she spends her free time training and racing bikes. 

Most Americans are unhealthy, and the traditional medical system doesn’t always help. If you are interested in improving your health in a specific area, or you want to plan ahead to be healthy and vibrant as you age, please schedule an appointment.

Keri Velez, Nurse Practitioner

Keri Velez, a board- certified family nurse practitioner, joined Dr. Offutt and the Heart and Soul Integrative Health and Yoga team in October 2020.

She is a local of Marble Falls and received her bachelor of science in nursing from University of Texas at Arlington. She earned her masters of science in nursing from Chamberlain University. After graduation, practiced in the field of urgent care in Waco, TX and then moved back to the Hill Country to be closer to her family. She enjoys spending time with her family and being outdoors. She is a mother to her daughter, Ava. 

“Our fingerprints never fade from the lives we touch.” I am excited to support my patients on their journey of health and wellness. I have seen first hand the effects of integrative medicine and I am ready to help make positive changes in my patient’s lives.

Beth Goddard

Beth Goddard is a board certified family nurse practitioner. She is originally from the northeast and received her bachelor’s in nursing and her master’s in public health nursing from The University of Maryland, Baltimore. She completed her post-master’s certificate from The University of Texas, at Austin. She completed her functional medicine training through the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM).

She began her career working with the pediatric population. From there she began working with adults facing complex chronic medical conditions to prevent hospital admissions through a transitions of care program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. It was through these experiences and her deep convictions about providing excellent patient care that she began her search for more holistic approaches for treatment. She completed her nurse practitioner certification and IFM training and spent the first part of her nurse practitioner career working in family medicine before transitioning to integrative medicine practice.

She lives in the Hill Country with her husband, three daughters, and two adorable boston terriers. She enjoys exercising, going for long walks with her dogs, traveling, and making memories with her family. She has deep value and concern for treating the “whole” person.

Jovawna D. Ellison-Hubbard, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC

Jovawna is originally from Corpus Christi Texas but has lived in the Blanco County area for the last 32 years. She went to college at the University of Texas, where she received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing in 2002. She earned her Master’s degree and Family Nurse Practitioner certification from the University of Texas Tech Health Science Center in Lubbock in 2007. Jovawna has a particular interest in building patient relationships, emphasizing preventative care and enhancing patient outcomes. Her experience is vast to include family, internal medicine, acute/urgent care and integrative medicine. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her 3 grown daughters, traveling and reading.

Joy Sostak, DNP, CPNP-AC

Joy Sostak is a transplant from the Midwest to the Hill County as of 3 years ago. She has 21 years of experience in pediatric healthcare, with 17 of those years working as a nurse practitioner. Her clinical experience includes primary care as well as extensive training in emergency medicine, oncology, cardiology, and pediatric critical care. Joy is passionate about pediatric wellness, including growth and development. Her goal is to collaborate with parents to create a wellness plan for each child that aligns with the family’s beliefs, goals for healthcare, and culture. Joy sees her career as a privilege and is so happy to serve the Hill Country community in a way that combines both traditional medicine and holistic care.

When she’s not seeing patients, Joy enjoys spending time with her 5 children and husband, doing yoga, and anything outdoors when the temperature allows it! She looks forward to meeting Hill Country families and partnering with you!

Brad Offutt, LMT

Brad Offutt, is a 1,200 hour certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga© 500 E-RYT instructor, a teacher of teachers, inspirational leader, and member of a growing local community of yogi’s. His passion for restoring and revitalizing his health and sharing it with others is the product of his yoga education and practice. Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga ignited him and taught him ways to inspire others through the practice of asana, self-inquiry, and meditation. His classes demonstrate his dedication to inspire others to make positive life changes. Brad currently is the lead teacher at Heart & Soul Yoga Marble Falls, Texas. Focused on the individual as part of the bigger community, Brad teaches balance, flexibility, strength, and the optimal level of fitness for each student. Brad is a graduate of Baptiste Levels 1, 2 & 3, Art of Assisting, Advanced Art of Assisting and was part of the First class of FIT to Lead (advanced leaders/teachers training). Brad has taught in 4 countries on 2 continents and 10 different states. Awaken to possibility! Brad Offutt is also a licensed Bodyworker with skills to help with pain reduction through the Mobility Freedom Technique that he developed from his studies of bodywork across the world.

Jen Terrell, MPT

Jen Terrell is a certified wellness and movement coach and joined the Heart and Soul Bodywork team in April of 2022. She received her B.S. in Health and Fitness Management from Midwestern State University. After sustaining several injuries playing collegiate basketball, she followed her true passion of body performance and recovery by completing her Masters of Physical Therapy at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Over the past 20 years, Jen has enjoyed working in a variety of settings helping patients regain optimal movement and function.

Julie K. O’Leary, LAc, LMT

Specializing in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain, Julie combines acupuncture and bodywork in a unique way to help patients manage a myriad of pain management issues and other health concerns. In treatment, Julie utilizes a variety of needling techniques such as traditional tap and set acupuncture, dry needling and subcutaneous needling as well as cupping, gua sha, bodywork and electroacupuncture.

Julie’s treatment style can range from gentle to more direct, depending on the needs of the individual patient. Julie meets patients where they are and tailors her treatments accordingly. Either way treatments are designed to root out problem areas in as few sessions as possible so patients can get back to feeling their best sooner than later. Other areas of specialty include autoimmunity, emotional wellness, reproductive health, prenatal labor prep and other general health concerns. Patients find they receive multiple benefits from their time in Julie’s care, such as pain relief, reduced anxiety, better sleep, a favorable mood, a balanced appetite, improved energy and many other holistic benefits.

At the root of Julie’s treatment philosophy is somatic mindfulness. Also known as the mind-body connection. As a holistic practitioner, Julie approaches all treatments through intentions of wholeness. The mind and body are not separate. One cannot be treated without the other. In each treatment, Julie aims to provide a space for clients to discover a personal connection between their physical experience and how that experience is both affecting and being affected by their mental and emotional activity. Each session aims to bring new awareness and shift the nervous system out of fight or flight into rest and digest. It is within this space where healing occurs.

Thomas Jones Halterman

Thomas Jones Halterman is a skilled massage therapist who studied and practiced at the Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy in Samara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. With a philosophy centered on empowering the body’s natural ability to heal, Thomas specializes in Craniosacral Therapy, Active Isolated Stretching, and Positional Release Techniques. His approach is holistic and client-centered, aiming to meet individuals where they are and offering a healing process that is both therapuetic and effective.