Facilitator Spotlight

Sam Gross

Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator

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Background & Training

  • 14 years in the U.S. Army, including one year deployed to Afghanistan

  • MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College

  • Graduate Certificate in Public and Non-Profit Leadership

  • Psilocybin Facilitator Training, Acadia Professional Learning (August 2024)

  • Master of Social Work candidate at Portland State University
    (Graduating June; transitioning to full-time clinical practice)

Sam’s military experience informs his understanding of

  • Chronic stress and moral injury

  • Grief, loss, and emotional numbing

  • Hyper-independence, control, and compartmentalization as survival strategies

  • How these adaptations can later interfere with attachment, intimacy, and meaning

Sam approaches psilocybin as a tool, not a cure—one that can support emotional access, grief processing, and softening of rigid attachment patterns when paired with preparation, nervous-system awareness, and thoughtful integration. His facilitation style is non-directive, relational, and grounded in psychological science, with strong emphasis on safety, boundaries, and realistic expectations.

At Drop Thesis, Sam is committed to ethical, grounded facilitation aligned with long-term healing rather than short-term relief. He approaches this work with humility, clinical responsibility, and deep respect for the courage it takes to engage with trauma, grief, and reconnection.

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Clinical Focus

  • Veterans and military-adjacent populations

  • Trauma and attachment injuries

  • Grief and loss

  • Individuals who feel “stuck” despite insight, achievement, or prior therapy

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