Books
Theresa is committed to continuing education in the service of her patients. Here is a selection of her most recent resources divided by topic.
ANTIRACISM & ALLYSHIP
Birthing Liberation, Sabia Wade
Harvard Business Review On Diversity
Hood Feminism, Mikki Kendall
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
My Grandmother’s Hands: racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies, Resmaa Menakem
The Sum of Us, Heather McGhee
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
BREATHWORK
Body by Breath, Jill Miller
Breath, James Nestor
CHRONIC PAIN
Back In Control, David Hanscom
Chronic Pain Reset, Afton Hassett
Dopamine Nation, Dr Anna Lembke
Facing Pelvic Pain A Guide for Patients and Their Families, Elise J.B. De MD and Theodore A. Stern MD
Heal Pelvic Pain, Amy Stein
Healing Back Pain, John Sarno MD
Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine in Physical Therapy, Joe Tatta
Radical Relief, Joe Tatta
The Way Out, Alan Gordon
Unlearn Your Pain, Howard Schubiner MD
Yoga and Science in Pain Care, Pearson, Prosko, Sullivan
INSPIRATION
The Gift, Edith Eger
Waking, Matthew Sanford
Your Soul’s Plan, Robert Schwartz
MEN’S HEALTH
Ejaculate Responsibly: a whole new way to think about abortion, Gabrielle Blair
The Ultimate Cock Block, Susie Gronski
The Will to Change, Bell Hooks
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve, Stanley Rosenburg
SELF-HELP
Final Gifts: Understanding the special awareness, needs, and communications of the dying, Maggie Callahan and Patricia Kelley
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain
The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
The Power of your Subconscious Mind, Joseph Murphy
The Road Back to You: an enneagram journey to self-discovery, Ian Morgan Cron
The Upside of Stress, Kelly McGonigal
When Things Fall Apart: heart advice for difficult times, Pema Chodron
SEXUALITY
Come As You Are, Emily Nagoski
Girlhood, Melissa Febos
None of The Above, I.W. Gregorio
Sex Without Pain, Heather Jeffcoat
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, Jane Ward
SPORT
Born to Run, Christopher McDougall
Good For A Girl, Lauren Fleshman
Gratitude in Motion, Colleen Kelly Alexander
Women Who Tri, Alicia DiFabio
TRAUMA
The Body Keeps The Score, Bessel Van Der Kolk
WOMEN’S HEALTH
Beating Endo, Dr Iris Kerin Orbuch, Amy Stein
Burnout: The Secret of unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily Nagoski
Effective Treatment of Women’s Pelvic and sexual Pain Disorders, Heather Lauren Davidson
Fix Your Period, Nicole Jardim
Half The Sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
The Interstitial Cystitis Solution, Nicole Cozean
Lady Bits, Brianne Grogan
Menopause Reset, Mickey Harpaz PhD
The Fourth Trimester, Kimberly Ann Johnson
The Menopause Manifesto, Dr Jen Gunter
The Postnatal Depletion Cure, Dr Oscar Serrallach
Unwell Women Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World, Elinor Cleghorn
Who Cooked The Last Supper The Women’s History of the World, Rosalinda Miles
Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit & Joy in the Female, Tami Lynn Kent
Woman Code, Alisa Vitti
Women Who Run with The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes PhD
Women’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom, Christiane Northrup
Financial Assistance
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Podcasts
Joe Tatta Integrative Science Institute Podcast
Episode 284
In this episode, Theresa discusses the current state of women's health, the challenges women face in accessing appropriate pelvic health and physical therapy, and her creation and ongoing development of community-based childbirth and postpartum model called the Perinatal Partners Network.
Mind Your Fibro
Episode 31
Part one of a conversation between Theresa and Olga Pinkston, MD. The two women discuss various dysfunctions of the pelvis in both men and women; the role of pelvic PT in treatment; how fibromyalgia and pelvic pain or pelvic dysfunction maybe connected; and pain after childbearing and sexual trauma. They also touch on sex and intimacy.
Mind Your Fibro
Episode 32
Part two of Theresa and Olga Pinkson, MD’s conversation. They discuss sex and intimacy and how a history of trauma can affect pelvic pain and intimacy.
Pelvic Floor Power
Episode 13
Theresa, Dr. Sara Trefnoff, and Val McMorrow discuss function, repair, and the power of the female orgasm. Emily Nagasaki’s book Come as You Are and Elinor Cleghorn’s book Unwell Women are companion resources to this episode.