Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Bracebridge and the District of Muskoka, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callBracebridge sits at the heart of Muskoka, where the Muskoka River drops over the falls in the middle of town. It is beautiful and it is remote, and specialized eating disorder care has long meant a drive down to Barrie or Orillia. I work with people throughout Muskoka by secure video, so calm, non-diet support reaches you at home rather than at the end of a highway.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Bracebridge 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 Bracebridge. 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 Bracebridge 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 Bracebridge and nearby communities including Gravenhurst, Huntsville, Port Carling, and the townships of Muskoka Lakes, 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.
Muskoka is covered by the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program, run by Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie together with Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. For people in Bracebridge, both program sites are a real drive south.
The program provides Family-Based Therapy and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to children, adolescents, and young adults under the age of twenty-five, for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other specified feeding or eating disorders, accessed through a physician or nurse practitioner referral.
In a district this spread out, the age cap stings twice. An adult over twenty-five not only has to travel for the nearest program, they may find that they do not qualify for it once they get there. The same is true for binge eating, chronic dieting, and food anxiety, which the program is not built around.
A dietitian answers both problems at once. Sessions are virtual, so distance stops mattering, and there is no age cap and no referral, so eligibility stops being the barrier. The approach is non-diet, weight-inclusive, and open across the full range of concerns.
The intro call is free, and it is a relaxed conversation, not a screening. 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 how Ontario's publicly funded programs fit together.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Bracebridge or the District of Muskoka 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 Bracebridge find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
Weight-inclusive care is not a softer way of avoiding health. It is a different starting point entirely.
Not through more control or willpower, but by understanding why it happens and meeting your body with care.
If you feel like you can't stop eating, there are real reasons, and almost none of them are about willpower.
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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