Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Kawartha Lakes and the City of Kawartha Lakes, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callThe City of Kawartha Lakes spreads across a huge rural area with Lindsay as its hub, laced with lakes from Sturgeon to Balsam and dotted with towns like Fenelon Falls and Bobcaygeon. It is one of Ontario's most spread-out municipalities, and specialized eating disorder care has always meant a drive to Peterborough or further. I work with people right across the Kawarthas by secure video, so support that is calm and non-diet reaches you at home.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Kawartha Lakes 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 Kawartha Lakes. 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 Kawartha Lakes 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 Kawartha Lakes and nearby communities including Lindsay, Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, Omemee, and the lakes of the City of Kawartha Lakes, 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.
Kawartha Lakes sits in the Central East region, where specialized youth eating disorder care runs through Southlake Health in Newmarket and adult outpatient care is available at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre Eating Disorder Clinic. Both mean travelling out of the immediate area.
Southlake treats people up to age twenty-five by physician referral. Peterborough Regional Health Centre offers an outpatient clinic for both under eighteens and adults over eighteen, for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and other disordered eating, with adult treatment that is primarily group based.
For a lot of people in Lindsay and the surrounding lakes, group treatment an hour away, or a program that stops at twenty-five, is not a realistic fit. Waitlists and the sheer distance across the Kawarthas add to that.
A dietitian offers individual, one to one support with no age cap and no referral, by secure video from wherever you are. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive, and it can run alongside a hospital program or stand on its own.
The intro call is free, and there is no wait just to talk it through. 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 the paths to eating disorder help in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Kawartha Lakes or the City of Kawartha Lakes 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 Kawartha Lakes 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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