Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Niagara-on-the-Lake 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 callNiagara-on-the-Lake sits where the Niagara River opens into Lake Ontario, a town known for its wineries, its history, and its steady flow of visitors. Behind the postcard, residents face the same reality as the rest of Niagara: the nearest specialized eating disorder program is a drive away in Hamilton. I work with people across Niagara-on-the-Lake and the surrounding area by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Niagara-on-the-Lake 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 Niagara-on-the-Lake. 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 Niagara-on-the-Lake 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 Niagara-on-the-Lake and nearby communities including Virgil, Queenston, St. Davids, and St. Catharines, as well as people right across Ontario. From Old Town to the vineyards along the parkway, care reaches you at home rather than on the road. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
The regional specialized service for adults here is the Eating Disorders Program at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, an outpatient program for people aged sixteen and over who can work toward independent change in their eating and activity. For a resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake it means travelling out of the region to Hamilton.
The program's limits are worth knowing. It does not provide inpatient care, and it advises that a dangerously low weight needs more intensive treatment through a physician. Under eighteen and living at home in school usually means being pointed to the children's program at McMaster.
As everywhere in Niagara, that leaves adults whose difficulty is binge eating, chronic dieting, food anxiety, or body image looking for something the nearest program is not shaped around.
A dietitian is open to all of them. Sessions by secure video from home, no referral, no age cap, and a non-diet, weight-inclusive approach that meets the full range of eating concerns.
For anyone who does qualify for the Hamilton program, nutrition support can run alongside it. For everyone it cannot take, a dietitian is a straightforward place to begin without a wait.
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 may also want what eating disorder recovery support looks like.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Niagara-on-the-Lake 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 Niagara-on-the-Lake find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
An honest look at the shape of recovery, so the road ahead feels a little less unknown.
The short answer is no, and here is what that means for reaching out directly.
A plain look at how coverage works, what to check on your plan, and how reimbursement happens.
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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