Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Bancroft and North Hastings, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callBancroft is the hub of North Hastings, the Mineral Capital of Canada, sitting on the York River in the highlands out through Maynooth and Coe Hill. It is one of the more isolated towns in southern Ontario, a long way from any hospital eating disorder program. I work with people across North Hastings by secure video, so care that respects your body and your history arrives at home, with no waitlist in a distant city.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Bancroft 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 Bancroft. 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 Bancroft 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 Bancroft and nearby communities including Maynooth, Coe Hill, Cardiff, and the townships of Hastings Highlands and Wollaston, as well as people right across Ontario. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
There is no specialized eating disorder program in North Hastings. The nearest options are all a significant drive away, whether that is the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Eating Disorder Clinic to the south or the Adult Eating Disorders Program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre to the southeast.
Both are real programs. Peterborough offers outpatient care for under eighteens and adults over eighteen, largely group based for adults. Kingston treats adults eighteen and older by physician or nurse practitioner referral with bloodwork and an ECG, and notes a wait of a month or more before the first call. From Bancroft, either one means well over an hour on the road.
For someone in Bancroft, distance, referral, and waitlists stack up quickly, and presentations like binge eating, chronic dieting, or food anxiety may not fit a hospital program's criteria even once you get there.
A dietitian is a far shorter path. No referral, no age cap, and no travel, since sessions are by secure video from home. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive across the full range of eating concerns.
The first call is free, and nothing about it depends on how remote you are. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If it helps to read first, here is more on what to do while you wait for a program.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Bancroft or North Hastings 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 Bancroft find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
Waitlists are long across Ontario. Here is how to keep yourself steady and supported until a spot opens up.
A calm, practical map of the different paths to eating disorder care in Ontario, and how they fit together.
What OHIP covers, what it does not, and where private virtual care fits into the picture.
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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