Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Haliburton and the Haliburton Highlands, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callHaliburton County is deep cottage country, a highland of lakes and forest where Minden and Haliburton village anchor a scattering of small communities. It is one of the more remote parts of southern Ontario, and specialized eating disorder care means a long drive to Peterborough or Newmarket. I work with people across the Highlands by secure video, so support that respects your body reaches you at home, no matter how far up a lake road you live.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Haliburton 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 Haliburton. 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 Haliburton 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 Haliburton and nearby communities including Minden, Wilberforce, Carnarvon, West Guilford, and the lakes of Dysart and the Highlands, 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.
Haliburton is named within the Central East region served by Southlake Health in Newmarket, the specialized youth eating disorder program, and adult outpatient care is available at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Eating Disorder Clinic. From the Highlands, both are a long way south.
Southlake treats people up to age twenty-five by physician referral. Peterborough Regional Health Centre offers outpatient care for under eighteens and adults over eighteen, with adult treatment that is largely group based. For a county this remote, distance alone can put both out of reach.
Add the age cap at Southlake and the diagnostic focus of hospital programs, and an adult in Haliburton living with binge eating, chronic dieting, or food anxiety can be left with no realistic local option at all.
A dietitian changes that. Care is by secure video, so a lake road is no barrier, and there is no age cap and no referral. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive, holding the whole range of eating concerns with patience.
The intro call is free, and nothing about it depends on how far you live from a hospital. 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 virtual nutrition sessions work.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Haliburton or the Haliburton Highlands 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 Haliburton find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
For most people, virtual nutrition support works just as well as meeting in a clinic. Here is why.
A practical, reassuring explanation of how online dietitian sessions actually run, start to finish.
How virtual care makes it possible to find the right dietitian, wherever in Canada you happen to live.
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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