Owner and Clinician, Dr. Maria Teresa Bresnan, DACM, LAc
Dr. M. Teresa Bresnan, DACM, LAc, is a NCBAHM (formerly NCCAOM) National board certified Doctor of
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist in the State of Oregon, and Nutritional
Therapist at the Acupuncture and Natural Health Center LLC...etc. She received her Doctorate of
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM) from Pacific College of Health and Sciences in San Diego
California; a masters in Oriental Medicine from the International Institute of Chinese Medicine in
Santa Fe, NM; Bachelors degrees in Biology and Geography from the University of Colorado Boulder
and, functional Medicine training from the School of Applied Functional Medicine. Her knowledge and
experience in the healing arts began in 1990 embracing such different areas as yoga and meditation
instructor, Therapeutic Touch energy balancing, and Physical Therapy Assistant at the University
Hospital Denver, CO.
M. Teresa Bresnan has been in Traditional Chinese Medicine clinical practice since 1995, and
currently is the owner and clinician at the Acupuncture and Natural Health Center LLC in Medford
Oregon. Her treatment focus is to integrate biomedical understanding in the practice of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, in acupuncture and in herbology and nutrition. Since 2020, Dr. Bresnan has been
developing her own system of acupuncture called Bresnan Integrative Fascial Acupuncture (BIFA). This
system integrates the piezoelectric nature of the anatomically identified fascial meridians and
traditional Chinese medicine meridians resulting in a system that gives consistent and reproducible
results of pain relief and improvement in health imbalances. Acupuncture supports the human
constitution to balance and heal itself. BIFA is a system that optimizes this restorative process.
Along side this novel acupuncture system, M. Teresa Bresnan is skilled in several other acupuncture
systems: TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine style, Master Tung method, Dr. Tan methods, Orthopedic
Motor Point needling, and Auricular method. Supporting the acupuncture therapy are additional
modalities including Tuina Chinese Massage, Herbal Therapy, Clinical Nutrition and Essential Oil
therapy. Education on how to maintain balance in daily life (Yin – Yang balance) as a means for
personal harmony and sustainability for the planet is important and is also embraced as an important
part of the healing process.
On a personal level, M. Teresa Bresnan feels great reverence for Nature and wildlife and tries to
get outdoors frequently, enjoying hiking, forest bathing, surfing or just relaxing at the beach. In
Nature the elements are inherently pure and balanced and therefore naturally restore the equilibrium
of our body and mind.