About Dr. Chakara
Dr. Chakara serves clients from children (aged 4 years and older) to the elderly, and he evaluates a broad range of psychological and neurocognitive issues. He is a board certified member of the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology. He also belongs to the National Academy of Neuropsychology, American Psychological Association, the National Register, Pennsylvania Psychological Association, and the Lancaster Lebanon Psychological Association. He founded Providence Behavioral Health Services in 2002.
Dr. Chakara completed his graduate studies at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania in Clinical Psychology with emphasis in two areas: Neuropsychology & School Psychology. His doctoral dissertation analyzed Social Problem Solving deficits among brain injured patients. He completed an APA approved pre-doctoral internship through Widener University's Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology. His focus was on adult and pediatric neuropsychological assessment, and he completed a clinical rotation at Lancaster General Hospital. He conducted post-doctoral work at Hershey Medical Center where he worked with children and adolescents with a variety of neuro-cognitive disorders. In this setting, his responsibilities included providing neuropsychological evaluations for clients engaged in civil litigation, creating treatment plans for school interventions, and, in some cases cognitive rehabilitation services, and supervising clinical staff.
To date, Dr. Chakara has coauthored two book chapters, published in 2004 & 2007 respectively. Besides clinical work, he currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses related to psychological assessment.