Endometriosis support
Mental health care for women living with endometriosis
If you have spent years being told the pain was normal, managing flares around work, or carrying anxiety and grief that no one asks about, this is care built for that experience. Telehealth psychiatry across Illinois, from a clinician who takes chronic pelvic pain seriously.
What we hear most often
You do not need the right clinical words to start. These are the experiences women bring in.
Flare days that flatten you
Endo belly, killer cramps, and pain that stops you from working or sleeping. We look at how flares affect your mood, energy, sleep, and sense of control — and treat what can be treated.
Anxiety, low mood, and brain fog
Living with unpredictable pain wears down the nervous system. Anxiety about the next flare, depression between them, and fog that makes work feel impossible are all common — and none of it is in your head.
Grief around fertility and the body you expected
Infertility, surgeries, hysterectomy decisions, and years of waiting for answers carry real loss. There is space here for that grief without being rushed toward silver linings.
Living with an invisible illness
Endometriosis often doesn't show from the outside, yet it shapes work, relationships, and every plan you make. Here, your experience of your body is the starting point for care, and your whole story — not just your symptoms — has room.
How this care fits with your other providers
Endometriosis care is usually a team effort — a gynecologist or excision surgeon, sometimes pelvic floor physical therapy, sometimes a pain specialist. Evermere adds the psychiatric piece and works alongside the rest of your team. Nothing here replaces the treatment you already have in place, and with your permission we can share notes with your other clinicians so your care lines up instead of pulling in different directions.
If you are a clinician looking to refer a patient with chronic pelvic pain, see For Referring Providers.
Prepare for your visit
Two optional tools to help you walk into your first appointment feeling organized. Nothing you type here is saved or sent to the practice.
Symptom & daily-impact tracker
A 30-day sheet for pain, cycle, mood, sleep, energy, and missed plans. Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers — or print it and fill it in by hand.
How to fill out the tracker
- Day — Number the days 1–30 — start any day, you don't need the 1st of a month.
- Pain level (0-10) — 0 is none, 10 is the worst you can imagine. One number per day.
- Where / type of pain — Short note — e.g. “low back, dull”, “cramps, sharp”.
- Cycle day or bleeding — Day of your cycle, or light / heavy / spotting.
- Mood (0-10) — 0 is the lowest you've felt, 10 is your best.
- Anxiety (0-10) — How on-edge or worried you felt that day.
- Energy / fatigue (0-10) — 10 is fully rested and energetic, 0 is exhausted.
- Sleep hours & quality — Roughly how long you slept, plus good / fair / poor.
- Brain fog (Y/N) — Just Y or N — did thinking feel cloudy or slow?
- Missed work, school, or plans — Anything the symptoms pushed you to skip, even small plans.
- What helped — Anything that eased the day — rest, heat, a walk, distraction.
- Medications / supplements taken — Names only, as written on the bottle.
- Notes for my appointment — Anything you want to remember to mention to Dr. Rusnak.
Skip any column that doesn't apply that day — a few lines a day is plenty.
Start when you are ready
Appointments are booked through Headway, which verifies your insurance before the first visit. You can also send a question first if you want to know whether this is the right fit.
Important disclosures
Evermere works alongside your existing care team. We do not replace your primary care provider, gynecologist, therapist, or other specialists. With your written consent, we can coordinate care, share visit notes, and request records to support safe, collaborative treatment.
Booking an appointment indicates your interest in care. Before any records are shared with or from other providers, we will obtain your signed consent and explain what information is exchanged.
Services are provided via telehealth to patients located in Illinois at the time of the visit. A private, stable internet connection and a quiet space are recommended.
Evermere is not a crisis service. If you are experiencing a psychiatric emergency, please call 988 or 911, or go to your nearest emergency room.