Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Port Perry and Durham Region, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callPort Perry sits on the shore of Lake Scugog in the northeast corner of Durham Region, the main town of Scugog Township with its historic main street above the water. It is a rural community where specialized eating disorder care means travelling well out of town. I work with people across Scugog by secure video, so non-diet support fits around the drive-everywhere reality of country life.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Port Perry 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 Port Perry. 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 Port Perry 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 Port Perry and nearby communities including Scugog, Blackstock, Prince Albert, Caesarea, and the shores of Lake Scugog, 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.
Scugog is part of Durham Region, which sits in the Central East catchment served by Southlake Health in Newmarket. From the shore of Lake Scugog, that specialized program is a long way off.
Southlake provides a Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders Program for ages thirteen to eighteen and a Young Adult Eating Disorders Program for ages eighteen to twenty-five, both by physician referral, and both built for that age range.
An adult in Port Perry over twenty-five has neither a nearby program nor an obvious one to qualify for. People living with binge eating, chronic dieting, or food anxiety often sit outside the diagnostic criteria as well, whatever their age.
A dietitian works with all of them. No age cap, no referral, and no travel, since care is by secure video from home. The approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive, holding the full range from fear foods to the restrict-binge cycle to body image.
The first conversation is free, and it asks nothing of you but showing up. 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 help for food anxiety and fear foods.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Port Perry or Durham 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 Port Perry 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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