About Us

Jennifer Abbott, PhD is the founder and director of the Center for Effective Treatment. She a Licensed Psychologist (LP), and Licensed Addictions Counselor (LAC) practicing in Boulder, Colorado. She is also a certified PSYPACT provider. She has over 20 years of experience successfully helping people recover from complex problems. She earned both a master’s degree and doctorate in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Neuropsychology from Fielding Graduate University. She also holds a master’s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and Nature Based Therapy from Naropa University. Dr. Abbott is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and is an EMDRIA approved EMDR Consultant. She is Intensively and Comprehensively Trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) by Marsha Linehan’s Behavioral Tech, LLC. She has also completed Level II training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Dr. Abbott is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. As A PSYPACT provider, Dr. Abbott is able to provide services in most states via telehealth. For a complete list of participating states, please see https://psypact.site-ym.com/page/psypactmap.

Dr. Abbott cares very deeply about delivering high-quality services to help people overcome challenging problems. In order to better serve our clients, she is currently completing postdoctoral training in Clinical Psychopharmacology and is pursuing licensure as a prescribing psychologist. She works under the supervision of Dr. Brandon Sklar in order to integrate psychiatric medication management and de-prescribing services with traditional psychotherapy and psychological services.

Ashley Coburn, PhD is a Postdoctoral Psychologist Fellow who specializes in working with children, adolescents, young adults, and their families. She focuses on understanding each person’s unique experiences and helping them build on their strengths to promote empowerment and positive change. She draws from different evidence-based treatments including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help her clients manage strong emotions, improve relationships, and handle life’s challenges more effectively.

Dr. Coburn is passionate about helping people who struggle with trauma, anxiety, mood disorders, disordered eating, suicidality, and self-harm. She also conducts comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological testing in the areas of ADHD, autism, learning disorders, academic giftedness, intellectual disabilities, and other complex mental health concerns for diagnostic clarification and treatment planning.

She earned her doctorate degree in school psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. She completed her APA-accredited predoctoral internship with High Plains Psychology Internship Consortium in Greeley, Colorado, where she focused on psychological assessment and therapy with children and adolescents in school settings. Her work addressed a range of concerns including depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, learning disorders, intellectual disability, chronic illness, social-emotional difficulties, and trauma. She has additional clinical experience working in outpatient and partial hospitalization settings, a university psychology clinic, and private practices providing individual, group, and family therapy, as well as assessment services.

PsyD is a Postdoctoral Psychologist Fellow who specializes in working with young adults, adults, and couples. Dr. Cooper strives to form an authentic connection with each of her clients and create a trusting relationship to provide a safe basis for personal and emotional exploration. She uses a variety of evidence-based approaches with the aim of helping clients better understand themselves and their relationships. Dr. Cooper uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to support clients in managing strong emotions and breaking challenging thought cycles in the treatment of trauma, addictions, and intense emotions. She Provides emotion focused couples therapy (EFT) and DBT based couples therapy to help couples develop intimacy and meaningful connection, improve communication, and overcome problematic attachment patterns. Dr. Cooper earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Indianapolis (APA-accredited), and she completed her APA-accredited doctoral internship at the University of Colorado. She has experience working with a variety of concerns including identity exploration, depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, sexual issues, and life transitions. She also provides comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological evaluations for concerns related to ADHD, Autism, learning disorders, and other complex mood or personality disorders.

Brandon Sklar, MD is our supervising and treating Psychiatrist. He is a licensed physician, board certified in both psychiatry and neurology. Dr. Sklar grew up in Denver and completed his residency training in psychiatry at University of Colorado School of Medicine. He has a passion for helping those struggling with difficulty finding the right treatment and those suffering from traumatic experiences. Dr. Sklar believes each person has their own unique story which deserves to be listened to and treated with compassion. He is guided by the principle that emotions have deep meaning, especially emotions that are unpleasant and painful. Rather than helping others avoid or eradicate these feelings, he aims to help foster deeper understanding of them which in turn can open space for the processing necessary to existing in harmony with them. He places an enormous emphasis on the relationship he builds with his patients, as he believes it is the most important component of any treatment plan. His hope is that everyone he works with can live life brimming with vitality and exist authentically. Dr. Sklar co-treats clients with Dr. Abbott as she pursues licensure as a Prescribing Psychologist (RxP). Together they provide medication management, de-prescription and help with tapering off psychiatric medications, and medication plan reviews.