At Positive Mind Wellness, our nutritional counselling services provide personalized, practical support to help you build a healthier relationship with food and make informed choices that fit your life.
Nutrition is not one-size-fits-all. Your health needs may be influenced by your medical history, lifestyle, culture, finances, family responsibilities, sensory preferences, mental health, and relationship with food. Our Registered Dietitians take the time to understand the whole person before developing realistic recommendations tailored to your needs and goals.
Whether you are managing a health condition, navigating digestive concerns, improving your energy, or seeking guidance around everyday nutrition, our team is here to support you without judgment or unnecessary restriction.
Who Can Benefit From Nutritional Counselling?
You do not need to have a diagnosed medical condition or follow a specific diet to work with a Registered Dietitian. Nutritional counselling can support you and your family at many different stages of life.
Our services may benefit:
Your dietitian will consider your priorities, health history, preferences, and circumstances before making recommendations.
Concerns Nutritional Counselling Can Help With
Our Registered Dietitians provide individualized support across a range of nutrition and wellness concerns.
Everyday Healthy Eating
Nutrition information can be confusing and contradictory. A Registered Dietitian can help you understand your nutritional needs, evaluate health information, and build balanced, flexible, sustainable eating habits.
Digestive Health
Nutritional counselling may help you manage symptoms associated with digestive concerns, including bloating, constipation, diarrhea, reflux, food intolerances, and irritable bowel syndrome. Your dietitian can help identify patterns, discuss appropriate dietary strategies, and collaborate with your physician or other healthcare providers when further medical assessment is required.
Diabetes and Blood-Sugar Management
Nutrition is an important part of managing your diabetes, prediabetes, insulin resistance, or blood-sugar fluctuations. A Registered Dietitian can help you understand how food affects blood sugar and develop realistic strategies that suit your lifestyle.
Heart Health
Nutritional counselling can support individuals managing high cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, and other cardiovascular risk factors. Your recommendations may focus on balanced eating patterns, fibre, sodium, fats, and practical changes that support your long-term heart health.
Weight-Related Concerns
Our approach focuses on your health, sustainable habits, and individual goals rather than shame, extreme restriction, or quick fixes. Your dietitian can help you look at your eating patterns, appetite, and any barriers that may be making change difficult, then work with you on realistic strategies to support your health.
Food Allergies and Intolerances
Managing your food allergy or intolerance can make eating stressful and complicated. A Registered Dietitian can help you identify appropriate substitutions, reduce the risk of nutritional deficiencies, read food labels, and create balanced meals within your dietary restrictions.
Women’s and Reproductive Health
Nutritional counselling may support you as you navigate menstruation-related concerns, polycystic ovary syndrome, fertility treatment, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and menopause. We design nutrition care to complement, not replace, your medical and reproductive healthcare.
Prenatal and Postpartum Nutrition
Your nutritional needs can change throughout pregnancy and after childbirth. Our Registered Dietitians can provide guidance related to prenatal nutrition, nausea, appetite changes, gestational diabetes, postpartum recovery, and feeding demands.
Pediatric and Family Nutrition
Feeding your child can be challenging, particularly when there are sensory sensitivities, selective eating patterns, behavioural concerns, allergies, digestive symptoms, or changing nutritional needs. Our dietitians can work collaboratively with parents and caregivers to develop practical, age-appropriate strategies that reduce stress and support the child’s growth and well-being.
Mental Health and Nutrition
Your mental health can affect your appetite, motivation, energy, grocery shopping, meal preparation, and your ability to maintain regular eating patterns. Nutritional counselling can provide practical support if you’re experiencing stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, or major life changes. As part of our multidisciplinary environment, Registered Dietitians may collaborate with psychotherapists and other healthcare professionals — with your consent — to support both nutritional and emotional well-being.
Our Approach to Nutritional Counselling
Our approach is compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-informed care. We recognize that food is connected to much more than physical health. Your family, culture, identity, finances, accessibility, emotions, and personal experience can also shape it.
What to Expect in Nutritional Counselling
Each appointment is customized to your health concerns, goals, and required level of support.
Why Work With a Registered Dietitian?
Registered Dietitians are regulated healthcare professionals who complete specialized education, supervised practical training, and professional registration requirements.
A Registered Dietitian can:
The title “Registered Dietitian” is legally protected in Ontario. This helps ensure you receive nutrition care from a qualified, accountable professional.
Meet Our Registered Dietitian
Eleanor Ellis, Registered Dietitian
Eleanor Ellis is a Registered Dietitian who graduated with Honours from Toronto Metropolitan University with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Food and Nutrition. She also holds a Master of Health Science in Nutrition Communication.
Eleanor brings extensive clinical experience from hospital settings, including The Hospital for Sick Children and Mackenzie Health. Her areas of particular expertise include weight management, metabolic health, and the relationship between nutrition and mental health. She is also knowledgeable across a broad range of nutrition and dietetic concerns.
Eleanor takes a holistic and individualized approach to nutritional counselling. She recognizes that eating habits are influenced by more than nutritional knowledge alone; emotions, mental health, routines, relationships, culture, and life circumstances can all affect how people eat and care for themselves.
By considering both the nutritional and psychological aspects of health, Eleanor helps clients better understand their eating patterns, identify barriers, and develop practical strategies that support meaningful and sustainable change. Her approach is collaborative and non-judgmental, with recommendations tailored to each client’s health needs, lifestyle, preferences, and personal goals.
Nutritional Counselling Services and Pricing
Our Registered Dietitians offer personalized nutritional counselling to help you better understand your health, address barriers, and develop realistic eating habits that support your needs and goals.
You can book your appointment in person or virtually. Initial assessments provide time for a comprehensive review, while follow-up appointments focus on your progress and ongoing support.
| Service | Appointment Length | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Initial Registered Dietitian Assessment | 60 minutes | $175 |
| Initial Registered Dietitian Assessment – Virtual | 60 minutes | $175 |
| Registered Dietitian Follow-Up | 45 minutes | $75 |
| Registered Dietitian Follow-Up – Virtual | 45 minutes | $75 |
| Registered Dietitian MVA Assessment – Virtual | 60 minutes | $800 |
Initial Registered Dietitian Assessment — $175
Meet one-on-one with a Registered Dietitian for a comprehensive assessment of your health, eating habits, lifestyle, challenges, and wellness goals. You will receive personalized nutrition recommendations designed around your individual needs and circumstances.
Your assessment may include discussion of:
Treatment time: 60 minutes
Total scheduled time: 75 minutes
Format: In person
Initial Registered Dietitian Assessment – Virtual — $175
Receive the same individualized nutritional assessment from the privacy and convenience of your chosen location. Your Registered Dietitian will discuss your health, eating habits, lifestyle, and wellness goals before providing personalized recommendations.
Please join your virtual appointment from a private location within the province where your dietitian is authorized to provide care.
Appointment time: 60 minutes
Total scheduled time: 75 minutes
Format: Virtual
Registered Dietitian Follow-Up — $75
Follow-up appointments allow you and your Registered Dietitian to review your progress, answer questions, troubleshoot barriers, and adjust your nutrition plan as needed.
These sessions provide ongoing guidance to help you apply recommendations in everyday life and continue working toward your nutrition and wellness goals.
Appointment time: 45 minutes
Total scheduled time: 60 minutes
Format: In person
Registered Dietitian Follow-Up — Virtual — $75
Connect with your Registered Dietitian virtually to review your progress, discuss new concerns, troubleshoot challenges, and receive continued guidance.
Your virtual follow-up offers the same personalized support as an in-person appointment, with added flexibility and convenience.
Appointment time: 45 minutes
Total scheduled time: 60 minutes
Format: Virtual
Motor Vehicle Accident Nutrition Assessment
Registered Dietitian MVA Assessment – Virtual — $800
This comprehensive virtual assessment is for you if you need a dietetic evaluation after a motor vehicle accident. We may include an extensive clinical interview, a review of your relevant health and accident information, an evaluation of your nutrition-related concerns, and preparation of required documentation or recommendations.
Appointment time: 60 minutes
Total scheduled time: 75 minutes
Format: Virtual
Price: $800
Online booking: Not available
Please contact Positive Mind Wellness directly to discuss eligibility, referral or insurer requirements, required documentation, and scheduling.
Your total scheduled time may include time we reserve for documentation, treatment planning, and transitions between appointments. Coverage for Registered Dietitian services varies by insurer. You should confirm your eligibility, reimbursement limits, and referral requirements directly with your insurance provider before booking.
Start Your Nutrition Journey
You do not need to wait until your health concerns become overwhelming to ask for nutritional support. Whether you are managing a medical condition, feeding a family, experiencing digestive symptoms, or simply feeling confused about what and how to eat, our Registered Dietitians are here to help.
Your nutritional counselling appointment may be available virtually or in person, depending on the dietitian and clinic location.
Call us, email us, or use our online booking system to get started.
Nutritional Counselling FAQs
Practical Nutrition. Personalized Support. Sustainable Change
Our goal is to work with you as a team to develop a personalized plan that addresses your concerns so you can be at your best. Let us start with a conversation and clarify your vision for health, wellness, life, and balance.