Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Gravenhurst 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 callGravenhurst is Muskoka's southern gateway, sitting on Lake Muskoka and Gull Lake where the Segwun steamship still docks. It is the first town you reach coming up from Orillia, and yet specialized eating disorder care still means heading back down the highway. I work with people across the southern Muskoka lakes by secure video, so support that is gentle and non-diet comes to you at home.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Gravenhurst 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 Gravenhurst. 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 Gravenhurst 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 Gravenhurst and nearby communities including Bracebridge, Bala, Torrance, and the shores of Lake Muskoka and Gull Lake, 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.
Gravenhurst falls within the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program, delivered by Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie and Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. Orillia is the closer of the two sites, but it is still a drive, and it is still selective about who it treats.
The program is for children, adolescents, and young adults under the age of twenty-five, offering Family-Based Therapy and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other specified feeding or eating disorders, by physician or nurse practitioner referral.
For an adult in Gravenhurst, that leaves a real gap. Someone past their mid-twenties, or someone whose struggle looks like the restrict-binge cycle rather than a classic diagnosis, can be left waiting on a list somewhere else or told they are not eligible at all.
A dietitian keeps the door open. There is no age cap and no referral, sessions happen by secure video, and the approach is weight-inclusive and free of judgment. If a younger family member is in the hospital program, dietitian support can sit alongside it.
The first call is free, so nobody has to travel just to find out where they stand. 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 in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Gravenhurst 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 Gravenhurst 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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