Many of us carry a quiet sense of exile, shaped by early wounds and the ancestral stories we inherit. We become estranged from core aspects of ourselves.
Rooted in Irish myth, folklore, and Jungian depth psychology, this work offers a way of returning.
As we deepen our relationship with our inner world, we open to new possibilities and creativity. This exploration expands our psychological depth, strengthens our courage to engage with life, and nurtures compassion for ourselves, our ancestral story, and our place in the world—leading us toward a more authentic life.
What is Deepening the Senses?
Deepening the Senses is a way of supporting the journey of becoming more whole, what Jungian Depth Psychology calls Individuation.
It is a grounded and embodied path, rooted in sensory experience, shaped by the mythopoetic imagination, and informed by the ancestral wisdom of Ireland. Through this work, we begin to listen differently, to symbol, to story, and to the deeper movements of the psyche. It is expressed through one-to-one depth work, as well as courses, programmes, and retreats, offering different ways to enter and deepen into this process.
Deepening the Senses is an odyssey of soul and spirit. Through sweeping images of the Irish landscape, alongside language, myth, poetry, folklore, and Jungian depth psychology, these carefully curated journeys invite transformation, self-discovery, and a deeper sense of belonging.
About
Eileen Ní Shuilleabháin
BSocSc, MA Social Work, MA Psychotherapy, MA Irish Myth & Folklore, Dip Supervision, Dip Jungian Psychology, Certified Coach (WCI)
Eileen Ní Shuilleabháin is a psychotherapist, folklorist, and educator whose work brings together Irish myth and folklore with the insights of Jungian depth psychology and psychotherapy.
Raised in South Connemara in a Gaeltacht (Irish speaking community), Eileen’s work is deeply shaped by the landscape, language, folklore, myth, and oral traditions of the West of Ireland where she grew up. Her approach weaves together psychotherapy, embodied practice, and the symbolic imagination, offering spaces of depth, reflection, and inner transformation.
She has been in clinical practice for over 20 years in Mental Health Services and in private practice and works with individuals and groups internationally.
Deepening the Senses
Mythopoetic Pathways into the Inner Life
Through live gatherings and self-paced courses, this work offers ways of entering into relationship with psyche, symbol, and the inner life.
When we attune to myth and folktales, we step beyond the purely rational and enter a timeless, symbolic realm. Here, imagination and metaphor speak in the language of the unconscious, inviting a more receptive relationship with our inner world and the subtle energies that move through us. In this space, the work unfolds through image, story, poetry, music, and embodied practices, deepening our awareness of the personal and ancestral patterns that shape our lives.
You are welcome to begin wherever you feel drawn
A Journey Inward
Healing the Self Abandonment Wound
This five-part series supports reconnection with the body, inner authority, and the parts of the self shaped by early adaptation and self-abandonment. Many people find this series offers a steady foundation for all other work.
Returning to the Well
Healing the Mother Wound
A four-part journey exploring the Mother Wound through psyche, body, myth, and ancestral memory — moving from inner nourishment, through shadow and repair, toward sovereignty and agency.
Meeting the Otherworld
Individuation & Ancestral Healing
An evolving six-part series engaging Irish folklore, the Otherworld, and symbolic imagination — offered through live international gatherings and self-paced courses.
Individual Services
Psychotherapy & Depth Work Sessions
This work is available in Ireland and Internationally. It is grounded in Jungian, psychodynamic, and somatic perspectives, attending to the relationship between psyche, body, image, and lived experience.
Professional Services
supervision & international consultation
This is a reflective space to explore your practice, the therapeutic relationship, the archetypal images that arise in the work, and the deeper layers of practice, drawing from psychodynamic, gestalt, and Jungian-oriented perspectives.
“As we look, we feel the presence of a lost world.
We are out of touch. We have no bridge on which to step across so many centuries.”
Seán Ó Faoláin
("The Irish")
Writing & Reflections
Essays, reflections, and mythic contemplations from the edges of psyche, story, language and land — exploring Irish myth, inner life, and the symbolic imagination.
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