Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Wasaga Beach 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 callWasaga Beach stretches along the longest freshwater beach in the world at the south end of Georgian Bay, between Collingwood and Stayner in Simcoe County. It is a town that swells in summer and quiets down in winter, and specialized eating disorder care has always meant heading inland to Barrie or Orillia. I work with people across the area online, so support that respects your body reaches you at home in any season.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach. 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 Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach and nearby communities including Collingwood, Stayner, Elmvale, and the Clearview communities along southern 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.
As part of Simcoe County, Wasaga Beach is covered by the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program, run by Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie alongside Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. It is a real, evidence-based outpatient program.
It is built for children, adolescents, and young adults under the age of twenty-five, offering Family-Based Therapy and Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and other specified feeding or eating disorders. You reach it through a physician or nurse practitioner referral.
That leaves a familiar gap for a beach town with a lot of working adults. Someone over twenty-five, or someone whose relationship with food shows up as binge eating, chronic dieting, or fear of certain foods, can find that the nearest program is not built for them.
A dietitian is open to all of it. No age cap, no referral, and no waiting to be told you do not fit. Sessions are by secure video, the approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive, and body image is part of the work rather than an afterthought.
The intro call is free, and there is nothing you need to prepare or prove first. 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 help with body image and chronic dieting.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
Body image is not really about your body. Here is a warm, non-diet look at what actually helps it shift.
A middle ground between hating your body and forcing yourself to love it, and why it can feel like relief.
What body checking is, why it pulls at you, and how to ease away from it gently rather than all at once.
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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