Answering: How many Quantum Photo Somatics sessions will you need, and what does it cost to start in Melbourne?

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The honest answer to “how many sessions will I need” is that nobody can tell you that in advance, and you should be wary of anyone who tries. Everybody starts Quantum Photo Somatics the same way, with a single one-hour Quansultation in Melbourne CBD, and what happens after that is decided with you rather than prescribed to you. Quantum Photo Somatics is a complementary somatic modality, registered with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT) since 2019 and developed by Dr Michael Christian across 33 years of clinical practice and more than 43,680 documented sessions. It does not treat or cure any condition, and this page will not pretend to hand you a course of six sessions with a promised result at the end. What it will do is set out the real figures, in Australian dollars, and explain plainly what a QPS journey tends to look like over time.

If you are weighing the time and the money before you begin, that is exactly the right instinct, and this guide is written for it. You will find the current fees, the options that exist if you choose to continue, and an honest account of why there is no fixed number of sessions to quote you. The one thing we will not do is put a figure on your outcome, because that is not a promise a registered complementary practitioner can responsibly make.

Key Insights

• Everyone begins with a single one-hour Quansultation in Melbourne CBD, currently $420 AUD, with no referral and no commitment beyond that session.
• There is no fixed course of QPS. How, or whether, you continue is decided together after your first session, not prescribed in advance.
• QPS is an IICT-registered complementary modality that may support the nervous system alongside your existing care. It does not treat or cure, and no number of sessions is tied to a promised result.

Keep reading for the complete guide.

Table of Contents

• Why There Is No Fixed Number of Sessions
• What It Costs to Start, and What Comes After
• What a Quantum Photo Somatics Journey Looks Like Over Time
• How Continuation Is Decided With You, Not For You
• Weighing the Time and the Money

Why There Is No Fixed Number of Sessions

People arrive wanting a number, and it is a fair thing to want. Most services you buy come with one. The trouble is that a fixed number of sessions, quoted before anyone has met you, is precisely the kind of promise a complementary practitioner should not make. In Dr Christian’s model, what QPS works with is the timing between the visual, neurological and somatic systems, a quality he calls phase coherence, and that varies from one person to the next. He proposes that some people are working with a long-settled pattern and others with something more recent, and there is no way to know which you are until the work has actually begun.

So the modality is built the other way around. Everyone starts with one Quansultation, a single one-hour session, and that session is designed as an exploration rather than the first instalment of a predetermined plan. Its whole purpose is to give you enough information to decide for yourself whether there is anything here worth continuing. There is no referral required and no commitment beyond that hour, which is deliberate. A practice confident in the value of a first conversation does not need to lock you into a course to secure it.

This matters for a reason beyond honesty. As a registered complementary modality, QPS works within the IICT code of conduct and the Australian standards that govern complementary-therapy advertising, which do not allow claims that a set number of sessions will resolve a defined problem. When you see a practice quote “most people need six sessions to fix X”, that is usually the moment to be more cautious, not less. Dr Christian has built the opposite kind of practice, registered and insured, and the absence of a fixed course is part of that, not a gap in the information.

• A number quoted before anyone has met you is a warning sign, not a reassurance.
• In Dr Christian’s model, phase coherence varies by person, so no course can be set in advance.
• Everyone starts with one Quansultation, with no referral and no commitment beyond it.

What It Costs to Start, and What Comes After

Here are the current figures, in Australian dollars, as listed on the Quantum Photo Somatics services page. The one you actually need to make your first decision is the top row. Everything below it exists only if, and only when, you choose to continue, and none of it is a course you sign up for at the start.

Read that table the way it is meant to be read. The only figure that applies to everyone is the $420 Quansultation, because that is where every single journey begins. The two options beneath it are exactly that, options, not a ladder you are expected to climb. Some people attend one Quansultation and decide it is not for them, and that is a complete and legitimate outcome. Others find the first hour speaks to something and choose a single follow-up at $360. A smaller number who want to explore the work over a few sittings choose the three-session activation pack. The right choice is the one that fits your own experience and your own budget, and it is never decided on the day you first enquire.

It is worth being clear about what the fee does and does not buy. The Quansultation is an hour of Dr Christian’s clinical attention and the use of calibrated light and prism as part of the exploration. And it does not buy an outcome. You are paying for a careful, registered practitioner’s time and method, not for a guaranteed result, because a guaranteed result is not something QPS claims to sell. The follow-up and the activation pack simply give you more of that same attention if you choose it, with no larger commitment lurking behind them.

What a Quantum Photo Somatics Journey Looks Like Over Time

When people ask about a timeline, they usually mean “how long until I feel better”. That is the one timeline nobody can honestly give you, and QPS does not try. What can be described is the shape of the process itself, the sequence of decisions rather than a schedule of results. Understood that way, a QPS journey has a fairly simple structure.

It begins with the Quansultation. During that hour, Dr Christian explores how your visual system is interacting with your sense of balance, movement and overall state, using light and prism as part of the exploration. Because consent governs every session, you remain in control throughout and touch is always optional. By the end of the hour, the aim is that you have a clear sense of whether this approach speaks to what you are experiencing. That clarity, not a cure, is what the first session is designed to deliver.

After that, there is a genuine fork, and both directions are normal. One direction is to stop, having satisfied your curiosity, with nothing further owed and no course to unwind. The other is to continue, and if you do, the next step is chosen with you based on what the first session surfaced. That might be a single follow-up Quansultation, or, for those who want to explore the work across a few sittings, the three-session activation pack. Nothing about this is a fixed pathway, and nothing is booked in bulk before you have decided you want it, because the work is understood as something that unfolds gradually rather than resolving in a single sitting.

Notice that every stage of this “timeline” is a decision point, not a milestone toward a promised endpoint. A single follow-up is a decision. A short run of sessions is a decision. Stopping is a decision, and a perfectly good one. Some clients describe feeling more settled or more present after a session, and we share those as lived experience rather than as results you should expect on a schedule. Whether anything shifts for you, and how quickly, is precisely the kind of thing the process is designed to let you judge for yourself, without pressure and at your own pace. At no point does the sequence tip into a preset programme you are carried along by.

Read a fuller walk-through of a QPS session

How Continuation Is Decided With You, Not For You

The phrase “decided together” can sound like a pleasantry, so it is worth spelling out what it means in practice. It means that at no point are you handed a pre-written treatment plan and asked to commit to it. After a Quansultation, any conversation about continuing starts from what actually came up in your session and from what you want, including the entirely reasonable want of not continuing at all.

This is partly a matter of ethics and partly a matter of law. In his model, Dr Christian is working with your particular pattern of coherence, which he cannot know until he has seen it, so prescribing a course in advance would be guessing dressed up as a plan. And as a registered complementary practitioner, he works within a framework that does not permit him to promise that a given number of sessions will treat or resolve anything. Holding to “may support” rather than “will fix”, and to “decided with you” rather than “prescribed”, is not a hedge he resents. It is the honest description of how responsible complementary work is done, and it is one of the clearer ways to tell a serious practitioner from someone selling certainty.

It also means QPS is meant to sit alongside your existing care, never to replace it. Many clients continue seeing their GP, optometrist or therapist while they explore this, and that is exactly how it is intended to work. If you are managing a diagnosed condition, QPS is a complement to that care and a decision to keep your other practitioners in the loop is always the sound one.

• There is no pre-written plan; any continuation starts from your actual session and your own wishes.
• Deciding not to continue after one Quansultation is a complete and legitimate outcome.
• QPS is complementary and sits alongside medical, optometric and psychological care, never in place of it.

Weighing the Time and the Money

If you are trying to decide whether to begin, the calculation is simpler than the price list first suggests. The only commitment on the table at the start is one hour and $420. Everything else is a door you can choose to open later, or leave shut, once you have actually experienced the work and have real information rather than a brochure to go on. That structure exists precisely so you are never asked to bet a large sum on something you have not yet tried.

QPS tends to speak to people who have already worked their way through the usual routes and found that something still has not shifted, and who want to understand their experience through a different, more physical lens before spending further. If that is you, a single Quansultation is a low-pressure and clearly-priced place to test whether Dr Christian’s approach fits, led by someone with 33 years of practice, a doctorate in integrative medicine, board certification with the Board of Integrative Medicine in North America, and registration he has held since 2019. If it is not for you, you will know inside the hour, and you will owe nothing further.

See what to expect and the cost of a Quansultation

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How many Quantum Photo Somatics sessions will I need?

A: There is no fixed number, and nobody can honestly quote you one in advance. Everyone starts with a single one-hour Quansultation in Melbourne CBD. Whether you continue, and how, is decided with you after that first session rather than prescribed at the outset. As a registered complementary modality, QPS does not tie a set number of sessions to a promised result, and any practitioner who does so about a complementary therapy is overpromising.

Q: What does it cost to start, and are there ongoing fees?

A: The first Quansultation is currently $420 AUD for approximately one hour, in person in Melbourne CBD, with no referral required. A single follow-up Quansultation is $360 AUD if you choose one. There is also an optional $690 three-session activation pack ($230 per session) for those who decide to continue, but it is elective and never a course you commit to at the start. Please confirm current pricing on the services page when you book.

Q: Is there a timeline for when I will see results?

A: No, and QPS does not offer one. The process has a shape, starting with a Quansultation, then a decision made with you about whether and how to continue, but that is a sequence of choices, not a schedule of outcomes. QPS may support the nervous system alongside your existing care; it does not treat or cure, and any experiences clients describe are shared as lived experience rather than as results promised by a certain date.

Q: Do I have to commit to a package after my first session?

A: No. Stopping after a single Quansultation is a complete and legitimate outcome, and many people do exactly that. The follow-up session and the three-session activation pack exist only for those who choose to continue, and they are discussed once you have experienced the work rather than presented as a plan to sign at the start. You are never handed a pre-written course to commit to.

Want to Learn More?

Quantum Photo Somatics is the work of more than three decades of clinical practice, a doctorate in integrative medicine, and two published books, including From Seeing to Being. If you want to understand the thinking behind the modality before you weigh the cost, the full guide sets out Dr Christian’s model in plain language, written for people who prefer to understand before they decide.

Read the complete guide to Quantum Photo Somatics

Citations

• “IICT Approved Modalities”: The International Institute for Complementary Therapists confirms an approved modality is assessed and eligible for professional membership and insurance, from a list of more than 1,400 therapies, the register QPS has held since 2019. https://www.myiict.com/approved-modalities/
• “Nervous system, Better Health Channel”: Victoria’s state health service explains that the autonomic nervous system regulates the body without conscious effort and the somatic nervous system carries sensory information from the eyes to the central nervous system, the physiological basis for a body-based approach that works through the visual system. https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/nervous-system

As a registered complementary modality, QPS works within the IICT code of conduct and the Australian standards that govern complementary-therapy advertising, which require that no claims of cure, treatment, or a fixed course of sessions be made.