Angela Williams Mitchell, NP, has been practicing in the healthcare industry for more than 40 years. Her journey began as an Army combat medic at age 18, this was the beginning of a love for people and a commitment to those seeking health and wholeness. Graduating from the University of Texas in Austin as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Angela began the journey to provide access to care to the underserved in her community.
Angela Williams Mitchell, NP, opened her first solo practice in 2008 as a Family Nurse Practitioner, overseeing the care of more than 10,000 persons over eleven years. It was during this endeavor that she realized the importance of “Whole” person healthcare. People are not just impacted by their disease but also by their environment, emotions, and spirituality. The environment impacts their health. Rather this is related to the types of foods they eat, the amount of sleep they get, the amount of physical activity, their emotions, how well they respond to stress, or their spirituality and how they obtain peace and resolution. Health and wellness impacts people in all these areas and over the past 40 years, Angela Williams Mitchell, NP, feels hormonal balance impacts the mind, body, and spirit and these affect the quality of life. In the last four to five years, Angela Williams Mitchell, NP, has incorporated integrated health as the core of how she approaches healthcare- when illness occurs patients sometimes need conventional healthcare, other times we can use traditional approaches that are less invasive.
Angela Williams Mitchell, NP, is strongly committed to listening to the patient and determining what is needed at what time. She explains to patients often that prevention starts when you first meet your provider, “I can never give an uncontrolled diabetic patient cinnamon and chromium if their blood sugar is 800, so I start treating diabetes before they are diagnosed.” With that said, as an integrated health practitioner, it is important to strive towards wholeness by taking care of the “Whole Person” and this requires time and commitment from the patient and provider.