Non-diet virtual dietitian care for Peterborough and the Kawarthas, with Lauren Hofstee, RD. Eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, body image, binge eating, and food anxiety support, all online.
Book a free intro callPeterborough is the hospital city for the Kawarthas, the place people from a wide ring of lakeside towns come to for care. It does have an eating disorder clinic, which is more than most of the region can say, and it still leaves gaps that private virtual care can fill. I see clients across Peterborough and the Kawarthas online.
Lauren is based in Guelph and Toronto and works virtually across Ontario. That means people in Peterborough 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 Peterborough. 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 Peterborough 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 Peterborough and nearby communities including Lakefield, Bridgenorth, and the Kawartha Lakes, 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.
Peterborough is unusual for a city its size in having a local service. The Eating Disorder Clinic at Peterborough Regional Health Centre offers outpatient assessment and treatment for both youth and adults with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and other disordered eating, using a non-dieting approach, and it accepts patients by physician or nurse practitioner referral. If that fits your situation, it is a genuinely good local resource.
The gap is the one every referral-gated program has. You need a family doctor or nurse practitioner to make the referral, which not everyone in the Kawarthas has, and a public clinic sets its own criteria and waitlist, so a person can be struggling and still wait, or be told a particular program is not the right level of care for them right now.
Private nutrition counselling sits in that gap. It does not need a referral, it can start while you wait for or alongside the hospital clinic, and it is one scheduled hour with the same person each week rather than a group or an intake queue. If you are already a patient at the hospital, working with a dietitian privately does not remove you from anything.
Peterborough is also a student city, home to Trent University and Fleming College, and the years around leaving home are when a lot of eating disorders first take hold or worsen. A campus counselling service can help, but it is stretched and term-bound, and it is not the same as ongoing nutrition work that continues through the summer and past graduation. Virtual sessions can carry on wherever a student ends up, without restarting the search each September.
The care is non-diet and weight-inclusive, which can matter if earlier help felt focused on weight alone. Lauren Hofstee is a Registered Dietitian with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, registration number 15869, working across Ontario by video. You can compare options on the Ontario eating disorder support overview.
Yes. Every session with Lauren is virtual, so you can meet from anywhere in Peterborough or the Kawarthas 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 Peterborough find their way to first. No plans, no rules, just honest thinking about food and body.
You do not need a perfect plan or a fresh Monday. Here is how to actually begin intuitive eating, one small step at a time.
The two words get used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing in Canada. Here is the plain, non-judgmental explanation.
The honest answer is that you do not need to prepare much at all. But if it would settle your nerves, here is what actually helps.
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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