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
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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
- License 0701007915 held by Ruth E Barron, LPC, status Current Active, issued 2018-09-27, expires 2027-06-30 (dhp.virginiainteractive.org)
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)