Shmuel Yosef Elbinger, MSW, is a therapist working with men and couples in private practice in Ramat Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem.

Shmuel completed his Bachelor's degree at Michlala HaChareidit/Bar-Ilan University to qualify as a licensed social worker in Israel, and later received his clinical Masters' degree with Haifa University/Mivchar's program. (Social workers in Israel practice psychotherapy, as well as a wide range of other methods of intervention such as rehabilitation, drug counseling, interventions with victims of sexual and physical abuse, case management, etc.) He is also a Guidance Counselor certified by the Israeli Ministry of Health, and has completed advanced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy training.

Shmuel Yosef is committed to furthering his education and building new skills, and is now working towards his MSW through Haifa University's men's program at Mivchar, Bnei Barak.

Shmuel Yosef has learned in kollel for over 10 years and has received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg shlita and Rabbi Yitzchak Kaufman shlita as well as the Israeli Chief Rabbinate.

Shmuel works with the guidance and supervision of leading rabbis (see haskamos) and senior therapists.

Shmuel and his wife Naomi live in Ramat Beit Shemesh with their four children.