For Health Clinician's & Support Professionals

A structured online AOD program for your clients, patients, or residents

The Wagon is a 10-module, self-paced psychoeducational program designed to support individuals navigating changes to their alcohol or other drug use.

Our program serves as a valuable resource for clinicians and residential services.

Whether used as a community-based support tool, a court-friendly educational resource, or a post-rehab maintenance plan, The Wagon provides the CBT and ACT-based framework necessary for sustainable habit change.

Evidence-Based AOD Education & Skills Training

The Wagon is a structured online program that clients work through in their own time. It is:

A 10-module, self-paced program delivered via short videos and guided exercises.

Grounded in cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), relapse-prevention and related evidence-informed approaches.

Focused on education, skills and self-reflection, rather than therapy or counselling.

Suitable for people who are already contemplating change, actively changing, or maintaining progress.

The Wagon is not a crisis service and does not provide individual counselling, medical management or emergency support.

How You Might Use The Wagon

AOD, Rehab & Community Support Services

For AOD, rehab and community services, The Wagon may be helpful:

As part of aftercare/step-down following residential rehab or withdrawal.

As a structured adjunct alongside individual counselling or case management.

As a resource for clients who have already made changes and want help to consolidate progress and manage risk situations.

GPs, Allied Health & Primary Care Practitioners

For GPs and allied health practitioners, The Wagon may be helpful:

For patients who do not have easy access to local AOD or psychology services (e.g. rural or remote areas).
As a structured option between brief interventions in primary care and more intensive specialist treatment.
As part of a relapse-prevention/maintenance plan after other episodes of care.

Referral Process and Integration

You identify a suitable person.

Someone who is thinking about change, actively changing, or wanting support to maintain progress, and who is not in acute crisis.
You introduce The Wagon

You might briefly explain that it is a 10-module, self-paced online program focused on education and skills, and share the enrolment link.
They enrol and work through modules

Participants watch short videos, complete optional exercises and handouts, and can pause and revisit material as needed.
You remain the primary clinician

Any clinical monitoring, risk assessment and treatment planning remain with you or your service. The Wagon is an additional structured resource, not a clinical service.
Optional: program-level feedback

Where appropriate, services can receive simple, de-identified feedback about overall engagement (e.g. modules started/completed across a group), rather than individual clinical information.

Who The Wagon Is (and Isn't) For

Clinical Suitability and Indications

Stages of Change: Suitable for individuals in the Contemplation, Action, or Maintenance phases.
Self-Directed Capacity: Designed for clients with the cognitive capacity to engage safely with digital psychoeducation.
Relapse Prevention: Ideal for those requiring a structured framework as a step-down from intensive treatment.
Adjunctive Support: Useful for people who would benefit from structured reflection between clinical appointments.

Contraindications and Exclusions

Acute Medical Needs: Not suitable for individuals requiring medically supervised detoxification or urgent stabilization.
Crisis & Risk: Not for situations involving acute psychiatric crisis or imminent risk of harm to self or others.
Intensive Care: Not a replacement for patients needing intensive case management or pharmacotherapy (medication management).
Emergency Support: The Wagon is not a crisis service and does not provide urgent medical or mental health assessment.

Professional Standards and Practice Integration

Clinical Consistency: A structured curriculum that ensures consistent psychoeducational content, independent of real-time availability or group dynamics.
Scope of Practice: A clear focus on relapse-prevention planning and skills-based education, strictly maintaining a boundary from individual clinical decision-making or therapy.
Ethical Marketing: We prioritize professional privacy by using non-identifiable marketing practices and never using client testimonials or identifiable clinical data.
Practitioner Autonomy: We hold explicit respect for your position as the primary treating practitioner, ensuring The Wagon functions as a complementary resource.

I’m happy to discuss how The Wagon might fit with your existing pathways and to hear any feedback from your experience of using it.

About Jay Beckley, Registered Psychologist

The Wagon was developed by Jay Beckley, a registered Psychologist based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. With a career in mental health beginning in 2006 and specialized experience in the alcohol and other drug (AOD) field since 2010, Jay has worked across diverse clinical settings in both Australia and New Zealand.

The curriculum is grounded in evidence-based frameworks, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Relapse Prevention models, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). These established psychological approaches are adapted into a structured, self-paced format designed for digital engagement.

Jay’s work is informed by a career-long commitment to clinical research and mental health outcomes. His published work includes:

Acute Mental Health Care: Factors affecting the practice of seclusion in an acute mental health service in Southland, New Zealand. Published in The Psychiatrist (Cambridge University Press).
Occupational Wellbeing: The Relationship Between Health, Stress, Job Demands and Teacher Efficacy. (Massey University).

Jay Beckley

Registered Psychologist

MEdPsych(Hons)

Member AAPI

The Next Steps

Download the professionals information sheet for a concise overview of The Wagon.

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Email Jay at learn@thewagon.com.au to ask a question or book a brief online walkthrough.