I have observed redemption and renewal motifs in the dreams and in the daily interactions between my clients and myself during their period of adaptation to and assimilation of this new culture or their new life situation. I will discuss the dominant conscious attitude common to Japanese and Japanese Americans using Japanese fairy tales for illustration. The image of Modesty is introduced to illustrate a shaping of the Japanese ego state which creates a certain confusion to children who grow up in American culture. Then a Japanese and a Judeo-Christian ritual are considered as prototypes for handling conflict. Finally, I present an individuation process which shows a matriarchally oriented Japanese ego state, its consciousness renewed, as a formation of stable self-identity.