Mary is a Return to Work specialist. Although she has the credentials, a Masters degree in Vocational Rehabilitation and is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), it is her wide ranging experience that has provided her with a unique understanding of the challenges and complex interactions that can lead to - or impede- a successful return to work.

It is Mary's conviction that return to work benefits not only the employee and their family, but it also serves their communities and society as well.

Self effacing, warm, always positive Mary Wyatt is a consummate professional dedicated to return to work.

She graduated from Monash University Medicine with Honours winning the Carnation Award for Paediatrics in 1979.

For the following six years she enjoyed postings in a variety of exotic locations.  Beginning with Darwin then Abu Dhabi, UAE and KwaZulu.  Mary still has a preference for hot weather, very hot weather.

Returning to Australia to General Practice in 1986 Mary undertook further study gaining a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health in 1995 and a Masters in Public Health in 1998, followed by a Graduate Certificate in Musculoskeletal Medicine in 2002. She became an Occupational Physician in 1997.

In the area of return to work Mary has worn many hats:  treater physician, assessing physician, reviewing workplaces for return to work, conciliator in dispute resolution, and as a manager involved with the development of effective return to work systems.

She teaches at Monash and was ...

Enjoys seeing people have the opportunity to contribute to others (and fishing and Gran Turismo, and..). 

His particular interest is workplace culture. 

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Bronwyn Thompson originally trained as an occupational therapist, graduating from CIT in 1984.  She later completed her MSc in Psychology in 1999 at Canterbury University, and is currently enrolled as a part-time PhD student in the Department of Health Sciences at Canterbury University.

She has worked in pain management for 18 years, with a main focus on pain management at work.  Her work has ranged from interdisciplinary pain management programmes, private practice, case management both for private organizations, and ACC, primary prevention and secondary prevention, and since 2002, teaching postgraduate papers in pain and pain management at Otago University, and Otago Polytechnic.

Her main interest areas include the factors that complicate return to work, pain and anxiety, exposure therapy for pain-related anxiety and avoidance, importance and confidence in motivation for self management, and resilience.  

The effect of her occupational therapy training has never fully left Bronwyn’s aims in pain management.  Occupational therapy ...

In addition to a M.S. degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling and Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRC) Ms. Shelly Frohrip has over 10 years of work experience in the working with medically restricted individuals toward the goal of employment.  Ms. Frohrip’s wide range of experience includes her public service with the Minnesota State Services for the Blind, as well as with industrially injured individuals in the Workers’ Compensation system.  Currently, Ms. Frohrip plans and coordinates return to work for faculty and staff at the University of Minnesota Duluth, utilizing accommodations and work adjustments under the ADA law. 

When Dan acquired C4-C5-C6 quadriplegia from an automobile accident in 1980 it changed his life forever. However, since that time, Dan has set about dedicating his life to improving the quality of life of others with disability.  His many accomplishments include: the founding of the London & District Sports Association, playing and coaching wheelchair rugby; later winning the Canadian Championship.  Dan also co-founded Kolvox Communications, a company that specialized in voice recognition technology. Currently, Dan is in private practice as a Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant, a Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP) a Registered Vocational Professional (RVP) and a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP).  For over 15 years, Dan has worked with hundreds of individuals across North America, who had sustained a variety of disabling conditions. As Dan's practice has grown, he has gathered a team of Research Assistants and Rehabilitation Experts who assist him with specific cases and projects as required. Dan ...