Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Saugeen Shores and the Lake Huron shore, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callSaugeen Shores takes in Port Elgin and Southampton on the Lake Huron shore in Bruce County, near the Bruce nuclear site and Saugeen First Nation. Specialized eating disorder care for adults is scarce across Grey-Bruce, and the region sits outside the nearest adult hospital catchment in London. That gap is exactly where virtual care helps. I work with people across Saugeen Shores by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Saugeen Shores 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 Saugeen Shores. 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 Saugeen Shores 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 Saugeen Shores including Port Elgin and Southampton, and nearby Tara, Kincardine, and Paisley, as well as people right across Ontario. From the Lake Huron beaches out to the surrounding Bruce County communities, distance stops being the barrier when care is virtual. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
Eating disorder care in Grey-Bruce is genuinely limited for adults. There is a hopeful early-intervention effort for young people, FREEDcan, running through Family Health Teams elsewhere in the region, but there is no dedicated specialized adult eating disorder program based in Bruce County.
There is also a boundary that catches people out. London's Adult Eating Disorders Service covers Huron, Perth, Oxford, and Sarnia-Lambton, but not Grey or Bruce, so an adult in Saugeen Shores does not fall inside that regional catchment. The nearest specialized programs are a considerable drive in any direction.
For an adult in Port Elgin or Southampton whose struggle is binge eating, chronic dieting, food anxiety, body image, or eating disorder recovery, that adds up to very little nearby to turn to.
A dietitian is an open door without a catchment or a referral. Sessions happen by secure video from home in Saugeen Shores, there is no age cap, and the approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive across the full range of eating concerns.
If a young person in the family is being supported through a local early-intervention program, a dietitian can work alongside it. For adults and everyone else, this is a place to begin now.
None of it comes with judgment, and no referral is needed to begin. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. You can also read what eating disorder recovery support looks like.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Saugeen Shores or the Lake Huron shore 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 Saugeen Shores 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.
What to look for so you land with someone who genuinely understands eating disorders.
What online sessions actually feel like, and why they work as well as sitting in a clinic.
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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