Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Petrolia and Lambton County, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callPetrolia is a small Victorian town in the middle of Lambton County, the place where North America's commercial oil industry was born in the 1860s, and it still carries that heritage in its streets and its close, everyone-knows-everyone feel. Anything specialized usually means the drive into Sarnia or on to London. I work with people across Lambton County by secure video, so non-diet care is not something you have to travel to earn.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Petrolia 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 Petrolia. 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 Petrolia 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 Petrolia and nearby communities including Sarnia, Oil Springs, and Wyoming, 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.
Petrolia's hospital, the Charlotte Eleanor Englehart site of Bluewater Health, is a small rural hospital without a specialized eating disorder program. For structured treatment, adults in Lambton County are referred to the Adult Eating Disorders Service at London Health Sciences Centre, more than an hour east, which runs on physician referral and a waitlist.
Petrolia is a genuinely small and historic town, and one of its defining qualities, that people know one another, cuts both ways when it comes to something as private as an eating disorder. The prospect of a local counsellor recognizing your name, or of being seen walking into an appointment, can be enough to keep a person silent.
Eating disorders thrive on that silence. In a close community, the pull to keep struggling quietly rather than risk being known can delay help for years, long after a person has started to suffer.
Virtual care is made for this. Sessions happen by secure video from wherever you feel private, with a dietitian who is not part of your community and will not judge, and with no drive to London and no waiting room. You can book directly, without a referral, and keep a hospital referral open beside it if you have one.
It is worth being clear that you do not need a formal diagnosis, or to have hit some threshold of severity, to deserve this kind of support. Many people in small Lambton towns quietly wonder for years whether their eating is a real problem or whether they are making too much of it. That uncertainty is a completely reasonable place to start a conversation. The intro call is free and low-pressure, and there is no expectation that you arrive with the right words for what has been going on.
The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive throughout. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If you are not sure where to begin, there is a guide to finding an eating disorder dietitian in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Petrolia or Lambton 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.
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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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