Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Carleton Place and the Ottawa Valley, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callCarleton Place sits on the Mississippi River in Lanark County, southwest of Ottawa along Highway 7, a historic mill town that has become a fast-growing commuter community. Specialized eating disorder care means heading into Ottawa, a drive that adds up when you are already stretched. I work with people across the Carleton Place area by secure video, so non-diet support reaches you at home rather than at the end of the highway.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Carleton Place 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 Carleton Place. 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 Carleton Place 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 Carleton Place and nearby communities including Almonte, Perth, Smiths Falls, Ashton, and the Mississippi Mills area of Lanark County, 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.
For adults, the specialized program nearest Carleton Place is the Regional Centre for the Treatment of Eating Disorders at The Ottawa Hospital, which serves the Ottawa-Carleton area and Eastern Ontario. Ottawa is a real drive east.
The program supports adults eighteen and older and treats anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, atypical anorexia, and purging disorder, all by physician or nurse practitioner referral. Notably, it treats binge eating disorder only with medication-based approaches, which leaves a gap in behavioural support for that.
So an adult in Carleton Place living with binge eating, or with chronic dieting and food anxiety, may find that even the regional program does not offer the kind of ongoing, food-focused help they are looking for, on top of the drive and the referral step.
A dietitian fills exactly that gap. No referral, no age cap, and no travel, with sessions by secure video. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive, and binge eating, emotional eating, and the restrict-binge cycle are central to the work rather than left out.
The intro call is free, and it is simply a conversation about what would help. 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 seeing a dietitian costs in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Carleton Place or the Ottawa Valley 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 Carleton Place find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
A clear breakdown of what dietitian sessions cost in Canada and what shapes the price.
How dietitian coverage usually works through workplace benefits and health spending accounts.
Ontario dietitian fees can count as eligible medical expenses. Here is how that works.
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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