Hi! I’m Alison Russell, LMHC, founder of Root & Resolve, LLC. This practice emerged after nearly two decades of trying to grow within broken systems. From the classroom, to the counseling office, to the courtroom, I’ve seen firsthand the lasting impacts of unresolved trauma in individuals and across generations.

As early as I can remember, I’ve been fascinated with generational patterns of mental health and addiction. It was rampant in my family, like so many others - just not so eloquently disguised.

I saw a mental health therapist in sixth grade. Then again in ninth. But it wasn’t until I was a first-generation college student - burdened and isolated by trauma and otherness - that I finally experienced palpable healing. My college’s low-cost mental health center became a refuge. My dedicated and empathic psychologist provided a warm and safe space, holding me with a compassion and patience I had never experienced - the very things I’d spent a lifetime seeking.

I’ve sat in every kind of therapy room with a variety of clinicians with different life experiences and perspectives. I know what it’s like to tell your story with the hope that someone will really hear it. I also know the deep ache of not being seen - of not feeling understood. And I carry that perspective into every session.

My work is about helping, healing, and holding space. I strive to offer the kind of presence that initiated my own healing and self-compassion for the parts of myself I once tried to silence - the parts who helped me survive.

In my practice, I carry humility and curiosity. Judgment and assumptions have no place here. My first priority is to find you the help you need, even if that person isn’t me.

You come first. Your healing is paramount.

Join me. There’s space for you here.

Alison Hundt Russell, M.Ed., LMHC, CCTP, CTMH
Practice Owner, Licensed Therapist, Mitigation Specialist