Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Grimsby and the Niagara Region, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callGrimsby sits on the Bench below the Niagara Escarpment, close enough to Hamilton that people here often look west for care and east toward St. Catharines for everything else. The regional specialized eating disorder program is genuinely nearby in Hamilton, which helps some people and leaves others outside its criteria. I work with people across Grimsby and the surrounding towns by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Grimsby 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 Grimsby. 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 Grimsby 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 Grimsby and nearby communities including Beamsville, Vineland, Winona, and Stoney Creek, as well as people right across Ontario. From the lakeshore up to the escarpment, care reaches you wherever you are on the Bench. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
Grimsby is one of the closer Niagara towns to the regional specialized service, the Eating Disorders Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Being near it is a genuine advantage. The program is an outpatient service for people aged sixteen and over who can work toward independent change in their eating and activity.
Nearness does not settle everything. The program does not offer inpatient care, and it is clear that a person whose weight is dangerously low will need more intensive treatment arranged through a physician. Under eighteen and living at home in school usually means being directed to the children's program at McMaster instead.
So even in a town this close to Hamilton, an adult whose difficulty is binge eating, chronic dieting, food anxiety, or body image can find that the nearest program is not built for their situation.
A dietitian fills that space. No referral, no age cap, sessions by secure video from Grimsby, and a non-diet, weight-inclusive approach that does not require you to fit a diagnosis before you are allowed to begin.
If someone in the family does qualify for the Hamilton program, nutrition support can sit alongside it and reinforce the same work. For anyone the program cannot take, a dietitian is an open door rather than a waitlist.
None of it comes with judgment, and there is no wait to be told whether you fit. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. You can also read how to get eating disorder help in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Grimsby or the Niagara Region 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 Grimsby find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
Gentle, practical work toward feeling more at home in your body.
A plain walk through the care pathways in Ontario and where a dietitian fits among them.
The honest answer, and what the research and experience say about care by video.
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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