Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Penetanguishene and Simcoe County, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callPenetanguishene sits right beside Midland at the northern tip of Simcoe County, a small bilingual town on the sheltered bays of Georgian Bay. For specialized eating disorder care, most local people are pointed toward Barrie or Orillia, a real distance from the North Simcoe shore. I meet clients across the area by secure video, so calm, non-diet support does not depend on a long drive south.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Penetanguishene 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 Penetanguishene. 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 Penetanguishene 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 Penetanguishene and nearby communities including Midland, Tiny, and the shoreline communities of North Simcoe on Georgian Bay, 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.
Simcoe County falls within the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program, delivered by Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie with Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. It is a valuable outpatient service, and I would never talk anyone out of it.
It is also a specific service. The program provides Family-Based Therapy and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to people under the age of twenty-five, for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other specified feeding or eating disorders, by referral from a family physician or nurse practitioner after a physical assessment.
So an adult in Penetanguishene who is past their mid-twenties, or whose eating struggle does not match those diagnoses, can be inside the catchment on paper and still have nowhere local to turn. Binge eating, restriction, and food anxiety often sit in that gap.
Working with a dietitian removes the age cap and the referral step entirely. Sessions are virtual, the approach is gentle and weight-inclusive, and it covers the full range of eating concerns rather than a short list of diagnoses. It can also run alongside the hospital program for a younger family member who does qualify.
There is no pressure and no judgment, and the first conversation is free. 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 gentle support for food anxiety and fear foods.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Penetanguishene or Simcoe 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 Penetanguishene find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
A compassionate look at the foods that feel scary or forbidden, and how to start making room for them.
Understanding where restriction comes from, and taking gentle steps toward more flexible, steadier eating.
Under-eating quietly drives so much of what people blame on willpower. Here is why eating enough comes first.
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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