Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Amherstburg and Essex County, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callAmherstburg sits where the Detroit River meets Lake Erie in Essex County, a historic town south of Windsor. Windsor-Essex is actually better served than most of the region for eating disorder care, thanks to a long-established local organization, and being honest about that matters. What a virtual, non-diet dietitian adds is a different option, without a wait and without the drive into Windsor. I work with people across Amherstburg by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Amherstburg can access specialized nutrition counselling without travelling to a clinic, while still working with someone registered with the College of Dietitians of Ontario.
You may be looking for general nutrition advice, but many people land here because food has become louder than they want it to be. You might be dealing with restriction, binge eating, guilt after eating, fear foods, body checking, or feeling unsure whether your eating is serious enough to deserve support. It is enough to start a conversation.
What nutrition counselling can look like when recovery needs to feel steady, collaborative, and safe.
A gentle, private self-reflection tool if you are not sure what to call what is happening.
How private dietitian fees and extended health receipts usually work in Ontario.
Book a free, no-pressure intro call. We talk through what brought you here and what you are hoping for.
Sessions happen by secure video from wherever you are in Amherstburg. Nothing to prepare, nothing to weigh.
We work at your pace toward a calmer, steadier relationship with food and your body.
Every person who reaches out is met where they are. These are the main reasons people in Amherstburg and across Ontario look for this kind of care:
Nutrition support for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, ARFID, orthorexia, and eating that feels frightening or out of control.
Compassionate, weight-inclusive care when food, exercise, rules, guilt, or body image have started to take over.
A non-diet approach to binge eating, emotional eating, and the restrict-binge cycle, without shame or more rules.
Gentle support for food anxiety, fear foods, avoidance, and the slow work of feeling safer around eating.
Help for chronic dieting, body checking, food guilt, and rebuilding trust with your body at a steadier pace.
Work with a Registered Dietitian online from anywhere in Ontario, with receipts for extended health reimbursement.
Because care is virtual, I work with clients in Amherstburg and nearby communities including LaSalle, McGregor, Harrow, and Malden, as well as people right across Ontario. From the riverfront downtown out to the county's edges, care reaches you at home. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
Windsor-Essex has something many Ontario regions do not: a dedicated, community-based eating disorder organization. The Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association, known as BANA, is the region's primary source of eating disorder treatment, offering outpatient programs at no cost for people aged twenty and over, with a centralized intake line for the area. For younger people, weCHC Teen Health and a related intensive outpatient program serve roughly ages sixteen to twenty-four.
It is worth saying plainly that this is a genuine strength. Not every part of the province has a free, local, specialized service, and for many people in Amherstburg, BANA will be exactly the right place to turn.
A private, virtual, non-diet dietitian is a complement to that, not a replacement. It suits people who want to start immediately without waiting for an intake, who prefer the privacy and convenience of care by video from home, who are looking specifically for a weight-inclusive, non-diet approach, or whose situation sits outside a particular program's model.
Sessions happen by secure video from home in Amherstburg, there is no referral and no age cap, and the approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive across binge eating, chronic dieting, food anxiety, body image, and eating disorder recovery.
If you are working with BANA, a dietitian can sit alongside that support. If you would rather begin privately and online, that is just as welcome.
None of it comes with judgment, and no referral is needed. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If it helps to read first, here is what eating disorder recovery support looks like.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Amherstburg or Essex County by secure video. You get the same individual, professional care as an in-person visit, without the commute or waiting room.
No referral is needed. You can reach out directly to book a free, no-pressure introductory call. Physicians and other clinicians are also welcome to refer a patient through the online referral form.
Lauren supports people with eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, binge eating, restriction, chronic dieting, food anxiety, body image concerns, intuitive eating, digestion, energy, and general wellbeing. The approach is non-diet, weight-inclusive, and free of judgment.
Book a free intro call. It is a relaxed conversation to see if working together feels right, with nothing you need to prepare beforehand.
Some of the writing people in Amherstburg find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
What to look for so you land with someone who genuinely understands eating disorders.
An honest look at the shape of recovery, so the road ahead feels a little less unknown.
What online sessions actually feel like, and why they work as well as sitting in a clinic.
Reaching out is often the hardest part. The intro call is free, and there is no pressure to continue.
Book a free intro callPrefer to talk? Call (226) 407-8455
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