resources

Presentations & Publications

Erica Heller was featured on NextQuest Podcast with Noah Garcia, LPC-S to share about Heartlines Counseling and psychoeducation around “The Intersection of Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Substance Use & Experimentation.” Listen Here

Voyage Austin is a local website and magazine that features businesses, creatives, entrepreneurs, and more for folx local to Austin. Erica was interviewed and featured in their Local Stories segment, “Exploring Life and Business with Erica Heller, LCSW, LCDC.” Read Here

As part of the Q+EDU Speaker series featuring community members and speakers around topics impacting 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, Erica was a featured panelist on “Q+EDU Speaker Series: Harm Reduction for LGBTQ+ Youth.” Watch Here

Erica was a contributing writer for the launch of Get Parenting Tips, a website hosted by Texas Department of Family & Protective Services, featuring resources and posts for parents of kids of all ages around relevant topics to navigating parenting in this decade. Her article provided basic information around 2SLGBTQIA+ definitions and resources, titled “Raising LGBTQ+ Children & Teens.” Read Here

Update June 2022 - It has come to our attention that this article has unfortunately been removed from the Get Parenting Tips website without the author’s knowledge and is therefore unable to be shared as a resource. We apologize for any inconvenience!

Erica was a co-facilitator of a training on Trauma Stewardship & Secondary Trauma to master’s level graduate students who were a part of the Minority Fellowship Program for Youth, hosted by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

crisis support & hotlines

Available 24/7/365

National Suicide Prevention & Crisis Lifeline | 988 | 988lifeline.org

Lifeline Español | 1-888-628-9454 | 988lifeline.org/help-yourself/en-espanol

Trans Lifeline | 877-565-8860 | translifeline.org *Available in English & Spanish

Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Hotline) | 1-866-488-7386 OR Text START to 678-678 thetrevorproject.org

National Crisis Text Line | Text HOME to 741-741 | crisistextline.org

National Sexual Assault Hotline | 1-800-656-4673 | rainn.org

SAFE Austin | 512-267-SAFE (7233) OR Text 737-888-SAFE (7233) | safeaustin.org/get-help
*Available in English & Spanish, relay/VRS for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind community, &
staff can use interpretation services to respond to callers who speak other languages

Integral Care (Travis County, Texas) | 512-472-HELP (4357) | integralcare.org/en/crisis-services

Bluebonnet Trails (Williamson County, Texas) | 1-800-841-1255 | bbtrails.org/crisis-services