Change Your Frame. Change Your Life.
As a cosmetic dermatologist, I have witnessed how changing the way we see ourselves can transform the way we live.
Drawing on medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, I explore how a shift in our cognitive frame can unlock human potential.
This free workbook helps you reassess your current frame and organize the first steps toward your ideal future.
Our Methodology
By integrating medicine, neuroscience, and psychology, we guide you to your ideal self through mind and beauty. Our method goes beyond temporary inspiration to fundamentally update your identity and habits for lasting change. We establish a lifelong sense of self-worth based on scientific expertise and clinical trust.
Your mindset serves as the foundation of your life.
Locate Your Starting Point
Understand your current identity and mindset deeply to reveal your true starting point based on inner truths.
Test New Perspectives
Release old fixed ideas and embrace new environments and viewpoints to greatly expand your personal potential.
Sustain Your Growth
Integrate your updated identity into daily habits and thoughts to achieve long-term, non-transient changes.
Cosmetic Dermatology Consulting
This specialized counseling program equips you with the knowledge to choose the best care for yourself. Without diagnosing or treating, we provide professional expertise to support your independent beauty choices.
In-Depth Education
From skin structure to the latest aesthetic treatments, we provide step-by-step explanations to build a foundation of lifelong knowledge.
Discerning Vision
We offer guidance on care tailored to your unique skin condition, beyond trends, helping you prepare for treatments with absolute confidence.
Proven Credibility
As a non-medical program, we provide reliable information from an objective third-party perspective, backed by extensive clinical experience.
Dr. RIN / Mariko Kitamura Profile
Dermatologist / FRAME SHIFT Founder
A cosmetic dermatologist in Japan, I provide an environment where anyone can experience an identity update through the FrameShift program. Through clinical experience, I realized that changing the cognitive frame is the key to a rich life. I am dedicated to helping individuals redefine their potential and shift toward a new future.
Biography
2019 Graduated from a national/public university school of medicine in Japan; completed initial residency at one of Japan's most competitive training hospitals
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2021 Joined the Department of Plastic Surgery at a university hospital; after becoming a mother, moved into cosmetic dermatology to explore more deeply the connection between women's beauty and the way they live
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2023 Founded Place LLC and became its President
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2026 Founded FRAME SHIFT; welcomed the first cohort of five students the following month
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2026 September: Invited as Honorary Chair and speaker at ASCEND, an international summit in India with the participation of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF); delivered a speech and presented a report in English
Read the ASCEND report
Frame Shift
at ASCEND
TOPICS | September 2026
Dr. Mariko Kitamura Introduces "Frame Shift" at the International Summit ASCEND in India
On September 4–5, 2026, Dr. Mariko Kitamura gave a talk and led a workshop on "Frame Shift" at ASCEND – The International Summit on Thriving & Leading in the Intelligent Age, held in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
Frame Shift is the idea that the frame through which we see ourselves and the world can change when we meet new people or step into new environments — "a change not in what you are able to do, but in how you see yourself and the world." In the workshop, participants reflected on the frames that shape their thinking and decided on their next steps, one at a time.
After returning to Japan, Dr. Kitamura published an English report, "Healthcare and the Economy in the Age of AI," on how we can understand health information in the AI era and deliver it to those who need it.
"I hope everyone will take a look at the 'frame' that limits their own potential, and move beyond it through new environments and encounters with others."
Shared Experiences
Ms. S
I only saw a future in corporate promotion, but now I am excited to be closer to starting my own business. This program helped me see possibilities far beyond my current path.
Ms. K
By surrounding myself with a supportive community, my confidence grew. I now feel empowered to take on new challenges, and my life has become much more fulfilling and joyful.
Ms. A
By prioritizing my self-care through beauty rather than just sacrificing for my children, I am showing them a mother who embraces life, which has had a positive impact on them too.