Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Brockville and Eastern Ontario, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callBrockville looks out over the St. Lawrence and the Thousand Islands, the seat of Leeds and Grenville, and it sits almost exactly halfway between Kingston and Ottawa on the 401. That middle position is pleasant for a day out and awkward for health care, because the nearest specialized programs are in two different cities and neither is local. I work with people across the area by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Brockville 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 Brockville. 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 Brockville 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 Brockville and nearby communities including the Thousand Islands, the St. Lawrence, and Leeds and Grenville, 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.
Brockville General Hospital serves the city and a wide rural area, but it does not run a specialized eating disorder program. The nearest ones sit in opposite directions, Kingston Health Sciences Centre about an hour to the west, and the programs in Ottawa a little over an hour to the north. Brockville belongs fully to neither catchment.
Being midway between two cities sounds convenient and rarely is. Whichever way you go, it is roughly an hour each way for a weekly appointment, arranged around work and the winter roads along the river, and that is the kind of commitment that quietly falls apart for someone already worn down by their relationship with food.
Leeds and Grenville is also a largely rural county, and for people out in the smaller towns and along the islands, Brockville is already the drive before either city is even considered.
Virtual care removes the choice between two long trips. Sessions happen by secure video from home, with no drive to Kingston or Ottawa, no waiting room, and no need to be seen in a clinic in a smaller city. You can keep a hospital referral to either program open at the same time if you have one.
It also helps to know that virtual care is not a downgrade from being seen in one of those city programs. You get individual, weekly attention from a registered dietitian who focuses on eating disorders, with the same continuity you would get in Kingston or Ottawa, and without the hour on the road each way through the seasons. For a river town used to sending its residents elsewhere for anything specialized, having this kind of care actually reachable from home is a meaningful shift.
The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive throughout. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If you are not sure where to begin, there is a guide to finding an eating disorder dietitian in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Brockville or Eastern Ontario 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 Brockville find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
You do not need a perfect plan or a fresh Monday. Here is how to actually begin intuitive eating, one small step at a time.
The two words get used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing in Canada. Here is the plain, non-judgmental explanation.
The honest answer is that you do not need to prepare much at all. But if it would settle your nerves, here is what actually helps.
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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