Ruth Barron, LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor in Fairfax, VA — therapist at ThriveTalk

Ruth Barron, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

12 yrs experience

Updated August 20, 2026 How we verify

About

Ruth Barron is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia and founder of Simplified Life Therapy, LLC, specializing in anxiety, stress, and trauma/PTSD. She is also the author of the children's book When Mama Gets the Grouchy Ouchies.

Services

  • Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Body image
  • Depression
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic abuse
  • Family conflict
  • Mood disorders
  • Parenting
  • Personality disorders
  • Relationship issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Sexual abuse
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Thinking disorders
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • Attachment-based
  • Christian counseling
  • Compassion focused
  • Emotionally focused
  • Integrative
  • Interpersonal
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Person-centered
  • Solution-focused brief therapy
  • Strength-based
  • Trauma-focused

State licenses

  • Virginia · License #0701007915 · LPC Active

    expires 2027-06-30

Reputation

3 / 5 across 2 reviews Mixed
  • Healthgrades Rated 3 / 5 2 reviews
  • Sharecare Rated 3 / 5 2 reviews

What clients praise

  • Warm and compassionate support through grief and loss

Common critiques

  • One reviewer described unprofessional, disrespectful treatment

Red flags

  • Single unverified review cites unprofessional/disrespectful treatment — no corroborating reports found

In the field

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 9 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Full name, credentials, practice location (Fairfax, VA), phone, license number, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, fees, insurance, years in practice (12), education, headshot photo (psychologytoday.com)

NPPES registry

  • NPI 1083187561, taxonomy Counselor Professional, license 0701007915 (VA), practice address [redacted] (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

Virginia DHP license lookup

Healthgrades

  • Practice affiliation National Counseling Group Inc. (Manassas, VA); rating 3.0/5 from 2 reviews, mixed sentiment (healthgrades.com)

Sharecare

  • Rating 3.0/5 from 2 reviews; positive review describing grief counseling support (sharecare.com)

Medicarelist.com

  • NPI, license, Manassas practice address, does not participate in Medicare (medicarelist.com)

LinkedIn (search-result snippet)

  • Founder of Simplified Life Therapy, author of 'When Mama Gets the Grouchy Ouchies', parent coach and public speaker; phone [redacted] matches Psychology Today listing (linkedin.com)

Xulon Press author page

  • Author bio for 'When Mama Gets the Grouchy Ouchies'; states two decades of experience in education and mental health (bookstore.xulonpress.com)

National Counseling Group location page

  • National Counseling Group operates a Manassas, VA location affiliated with the subject's NPI/billing address (ncgcommunity.com)
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