Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Napanee and Lennox and Addington County, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callGreater Napanee sits on the Napanee River between Belleville and Kingston, the county town of Lennox and Addington, just off the 401. It is close to Kingston's hospitals on the map, yet specialized eating disorder care still involves travel and a referral. I work with people across the Napanee area by secure video, so non-diet support fits into your week without the drive east.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Napanee 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 Napanee. 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 Napanee 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 Napanee and nearby communities including Deseronto, Bath, Newburgh, Selby, and the villages of Lennox and Addington 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 Napanee is the Adult Eating Disorders Program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, based at the Hotel Dieu Hospital site. It serves the wider South East region, which includes Lennox and Addington.
It treats people eighteen and older who meet the criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or other specified feeding or eating disorders. Access needs a physician or nurse practitioner referral along with recent bloodwork and an ECG, and the program itself notes that the first call typically comes about a month after referral, with assessment several weeks after that.
That is a real process, and for someone in Napanee who is struggling now, or whose eating does not fit those specific diagnoses, the wait and the criteria can feel like a wall. Binge eating and chronic dieting often sit outside what the program treats.
A dietitian is available without a referral, bloodwork, or an age cap, by secure video from home. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive across the full range of concerns, and it can support you while you wait for a hospital program or on its own.
The first conversation is free, and there is no queue just to be heard. 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.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Napanee or Lennox and Addington County 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 Napanee 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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