Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Owen Sound and Grey County, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callOwen Sound sits at the base of Georgian Bay, the seat of Grey County and the gateway north to the Bruce Peninsula. It is a working city of harbours, farms, and small manufacturers, and it is also a long way from the province's specialized eating disorder clinics. I work with people across Grey and Bruce by secure video, so care does not depend on how far you live from a hospital that offers it.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Owen Sound 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 Owen Sound. 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 Owen Sound 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 Owen Sound and nearby communities including Grey County, the Bruce Peninsula, and 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.
Grey Bruce Health Services runs the regional hospital in Owen Sound and several sites across the two counties, but neither Grey nor Bruce has a specialized eating disorder program of its own. Adults are generally referred to the Adult Eating Disorders Service at London Health Sciences Centre, which serves all of Southwestern Ontario, or to programs in the Greater Toronto Area, both well over two hours away.
That distance is not a small thing in this part of the province. Winter driving along the bay and the inland highways can close roads for a day at a time, and asking someone to hold a weekly appointment two hours off through a Grey County February is asking a great deal.
There is also the farm-and-small-town texture of the area, where people know one another and privacy is scarce, and where the idea of a local counsellor knowing your family can be enough to stop someone reaching out at all. Eating disorders already run on secrecy, and a close community can make that harder to break.
Virtual care answers those at once. There is no drive to London around work or chores, no waiting room in your own town, and the person you meet is not part of your local circle. Sessions happen by secure video from wherever you feel private, and you can keep a hospital referral open at the same time if you have one.
It also helps to know that virtual care here is not a lesser version of the real thing. You get the same individual attention, the same registered dietitian, and the same continuity week to week that you would in a city clinic, without the harbour-town isolation deciding how often you can actually be seen. For a region used to travelling for everything specialized, that is a genuine change.
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 start, 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 Owen Sound or Grey 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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