Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Woodstock and Southwestern Ontario, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callWoodstock sits at the crossroads of Highways 401 and 403 as the seat of Oxford County, close enough to London that its healthcare pulls in that direction. For adults, Oxford County is inside the catchment of London's regional eating disorder service, which is genuinely useful, and which also comes with a referral process that not everyone wants to wait through. I work with people across Woodstock by secure video.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Woodstock 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 Woodstock. 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 Woodstock 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 Woodstock and nearby communities including Ingersoll, Tavistock, Norwich, Embro, and Thamesford, as well as people right across Ontario. From the downtown around the old town hall to the farms on the county's edges, care reaches you at home. You do not need to live near a clinic to get thoughtful, registered dietitian support. You can also browse every Ontario city served.
Oxford County, Woodstock included, is inside the catchment of the Adult Eating Disorders Service run by London Health Sciences Centre. That is a real advantage. The service treats anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and other diagnoses, and it offers everything from weekly outpatient therapy to a residential program.
There is a gate in front of it. The service requires a physician referral, along with bloodwork and imaging completed within a few months of that referral, and it is centred in London, so care means travelling there. For young people, the pathway runs instead through the children's hospital in London.
For a Woodstock adult who is not sure their eating is serious enough to ask a doctor for a referral, or who does not want to wait for the paperwork and the intake to catch up, that gate can be enough to stall things entirely.
A dietitian asks for none of it. There is no referral needed and no age cap, sessions happen by secure video from home in Woodstock, and the approach is non-diet and weight-inclusive across binge eating, chronic dieting, food anxiety, and body image, not only the formal diagnoses.
If you do end up in the London program, a dietitian can work alongside it toward the same goals. If you are still deciding, this is a place to start talking without a referral form.
None of it comes with judgment, and you do not need a referral to begin. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869. If it helps to read first, here is how to get eating disorder help in Ontario.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Woodstock or Southwestern Ontario 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 Woodstock find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
The short answer is no, and here is what that means for reaching out directly.
A plain walk through the care pathways in Ontario and where a dietitian fits among them.
Far more than meal plans. What the work actually looks like, and how it helps you feel safe with food again.
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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