Meet the Founder

Alison Hundt Russell, LMHC, NCC, CCTP, NMIT, is a licensed psychotherapist, complex trauma expert, federal trauma consultant, and Natural Medicine Facilitator dedicated to helping individuals move beyond survival and into lives that feel more grounded, authentic, and fulfilling.

With more than two decades of experience spanning education, mental health, trauma treatment, forensic advocacy, and expert consultation, Alison brings a rare depth of perspective to the healing process. Before founding Root & Resolve, she spent years conducting rich life-history investigations and trauma assessments in federal criminal defense cases, documenting the impact of childhood adversity, nervous system wiring, attachment injuries, systemic barriers, and intergenerational trauma. This work deepened her understanding of human resilience and the profound ways early experiences shape the lives we lead.

Drawing from advanced training in neuroscience, attachment theory, Internal Family Systems-informed therapy, somatic healing, mindfulness, and trauma treatment, Alison specializes in helping clients understand and transform the deeper patterns that keep them feeling stuck. Her work is highly personalized, relational, and depth-oriented, blending evidence-based clinical care with genuine curiosity, compassion, and respect for each person's unique story.

Alison's clients are often thoughtful, insightful individuals who have achieved success professionally while privately struggling with anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, self-criticism, relationship challenges, childhood wounds, or a persistent sense that something in life still feels unresolved despite years of personal growth efforts. Many come seeking deeper self-understanding, meaningful and lasting change, and a stronger connection to themselves.

In addition to her work as a licensed therapist, Alison is trained and certified in Psychedelic-Assisted Facilitation and Integration through Fluence (2025–2026) and is licensed as a Natural Medicine Facilitator in Training in Colorado. Her work integrates emerging neuroscience, contemplative practices, trauma-informed care, and evidence-based psychotherapy to support profound and sustainable healing.

Known for her ability to help clients make sense of complex life experiences, family systems, emotional patterns, and long-standing protective strategies, Alison creates spaces where insight is paired with transformation. She believes healing is not about becoming someone new. It is about creating enough safety to reconnect with the person you have always been beneath survival strategies, protective patterns, and stories that no longer serve you.

Through individual therapy, integration support, group experiences, and future retreat offerings, Alison's vision is to create spaces where people can move beyond symptom management and toward deeper self-understanding, meaningful connection, and lasting transformation.

At Root & Resolve, healing is not viewed as fixing what is broken. It is a process of remembering who you are, reclaiming your inner wisdom, and creating a life that feels deeply aligned with your values, purpose, and authentic self.