# SparkHours BBS hour tracking for pre-licensed therapists in California. Log your hours, send them to your supervisor for an electronic signature, and export the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) forms you need. SparkHours supports three California BBS license tracks: AMFT (toward LMFT), APCC (toward LPCC), and ASW (toward LCSW). Each track has its own category structure, supervision requirements, and form export. Dual licensure is included. $10/month or $100/year. 14-day free trial, no credit card required. ## How It Works Set up takes about five minutes, then you use it every week until you hit your hours. 1. **Log your hours.** Pick the week, select your site and supervisor, enter your hours by category. SparkHours organizes everything into the BBS groupings for you. 2. **Get it signed.** Submit, and your supervisor gets a secure email link. They review the summary and sign electronically, usually in under a minute. They do not need an account. 3. **Watch your progress.** Your dashboard shows total hours, weekly pace, and a projected completion date based on your actual numbers. ## What SparkHours Does ### Log Your Hours Record hours by date, site, supervisor, and category. Hours are grouped by week, and each week is what your supervisor signs. Track multiple sites and multiple supervisors at once. ### Collect Supervisor Signatures Submit a week and your supervisor gets a secure email link. They review your hours and sign electronically. It takes about a minute. They never create an account or install anything. Send one week or twelve in a single email, so a supervisor can sign monthly instead of every Friday. Every signature is hashed and timestamped with a full audit trail. ### Check Supervision Requirements SparkHours checks supervision requirements and weekly hour limits as you log, not months later. It flags a week that falls short while you can still do something about it, and warns you before you reach a category maximum. ### Export Official BBS Forms Generate the weekly experience log your track requires, plus the In-State Experience Verification form you submit at the end. Both come pre-filled from your logged hours, ready for a supervisor signature. ### Track Subset Requirements Some hours have to come from specific kinds of work, such as the 500-hour couples, families, and children subset for LMFT or the psychotherapy subset for LCSW. SparkHours tracks those alongside your total, so you find out early if a subset is behind. ### Practicum and Fieldwork Practicum has different rules than the associate phase. SparkHours tracks the two separately, with the right supervision requirements, category caps, and hour limits for each. We partner with schools to match their exact practicum requirements. ### Dual Licensure in One Account Pursuing LMFT and LPCC at the same time is more common than you would think. SparkHours keeps both tracks in one account, with separate dashboards, separate hour totals, and separate form exports. ### Ask the AI Assistant Every subscription includes an assistant trained on the official BBS handbooks for LMFT, LPCC, and LCSW. Ask about supervision requirements, the 90-day rule, hour categories, or any step in the licensing process. It knows your license type and your progress, so answers fit your actual situation. ## License Tracks All three tracks require 3,000 total hours, and only the LMFT track counts hours earned before your degree. **AMFT toward LMFT (California)** - 1,750 hours of direct client contact minimum - Up to 1,250 hours of non-clinical work counts toward the 3,000 - 500-hour couples, families, and children subset tracked **APCC toward LPCC (California)** - 1,750 hours of direct clinical work minimum - Up to 1,250 hours of non-clinical work counts toward the 3,000 - Post-degree hours only, practicum tracked separately **ASW toward LCSW (California)** - 2,000 hours of clinical work minimum - Up to 1,000 hours of non-clinical work counts toward the 3,000 - 750-hour psychotherapy subset tracked automatically ## Who It Is For - **AMFTs and MFT trainees** working toward LMFT licensure - **APCCs and PCC trainees** working toward LPCC licensure - **ASWs** working toward LCSW licensure - **Practicum students** who have not registered as an associate yet - **Dual-track trainees** pursuing two licenses at once - **Supervisors** who need to review and sign hours without another login to remember Practicum rules differ by track. PCC trainee hours and pre-degree social work hours do not count toward LPCC or LCSW licensure, though your program still requires you to log them and get them signed. SparkHours applies the right rule for your track. ## Pricing $10/month, or $100/year if you go annual, which works out to $8.33/month. One plan, everything included. No tiers and no add-ons. Included: unlimited hour logging, verified electronic signatures with audit trail, real-time BBS compliance checking, official BBS form export pre-filled from your hours, a progress dashboard with projected completion, multiple sites and supervisors, dual licensure tracking, and the AI-powered BBS licensing assistant. 14-day free trial with full access. No credit card required. No contract, cancel anytime. Supervisors are always free. ## Coming From Track Your Hours There is a built-in importer that runs during setup, so your existing hours transfer automatically. SparkHours also detects your Track Your Hours paid-through date and gives you free access until it expires, so you are not paying for both at once. ## Privacy SparkHours stores no protected health information. It holds your training hour records and your supervisor signatures. No client names, no session notes, no diagnosis codes. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is SparkHours free to try? Yes. You get a 14-day free trial and you do not need a credit card. After that it is $10/month, or $100/year if you go annual, which works out to $8.33/month. There is no contract and no commitment. Cancel anytime. ### Does my supervisor need to create an account? No. When you submit a weekly log, your supervisor gets a secure email link. They click it, review your hours, and sign electronically. The whole process takes about a minute. They never need to create an account or download anything. ### Which license types and states are supported? SparkHours currently supports three California BBS license tracks: AMFT (toward LMFT), APCC (toward LPCC), and ASW (toward LCSW). Each track has its own category structure, supervision requirements, and form export. Additional states are on the roadmap. ### Can I import my hours from Track Your Hours? Yes. There is a built-in Track Your Hours importer that runs during setup. Your existing hours transfer automatically. SparkHours also detects your TYH paid-through date and gives you free access until it expires, so you will not pay for both at the same time. ### How is SparkHours different from other tracking tools? Most tracking tools stop at logging hours. SparkHours collects electronic supervisor signatures with a full audit trail and document hash for legal defensibility. It checks your supervision requirements in real time. It exports the official BBS forms your track requires, pre-filled from your hours. It also tracks subset requirements like the 500-hour couples, families, and children minimum for LMFT or the psychotherapy subset for LCSW. ### Does SparkHours have an AI assistant? Yes. SparkHours includes a built-in AI assistant trained on the official BBS handbooks for LMFT, LPCC, and LCSW. Ask it about supervision requirements, the 90-day rule, hour categories, BBS forms, or any step in the licensing process. It also knows your license type, your phase, and your progress, so it answers for your situation. It is included in every subscription at no extra cost. ### Does the BBS accept electronic signatures? Yes. Per BBS application documents, the BBS accepts a wet signature or an electronic signature completed via a platform that ensures security and authenticity. SparkHours meets that standard with SHA-256 document hashing, a full audit trail, a signed consent ceremony, and compliance with UETA and the federal ESIGN Act. ### Is my data secure? Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest. SparkHours does not store protected health information. It only stores your training hour records and supervisor signatures. No client names, no session notes, no diagnosis codes. Every supervisor signature carries a SHA-256 document hash and a complete audit trail. ## More - [Features](https://sparkhours.com/features.md) - [Pricing](https://sparkhours.com/pricing.md) - [E-Signatures](https://sparkhours.com/e-signatures.md) - [AI Assistant](https://sparkhours.com/assistant.md) - [Practicum and Fieldwork](https://sparkhours.com/practicum.md) - [For Supervisors](https://sparkhours.com/supervisors.md) - [Comparisons](https://sparkhours.com/compare.md) - [FAQ](https://sparkhours.com/faq.md) - [AMFT Hour Requirements](https://sparkhours.com/amft.md) - [APCC Hour Requirements](https://sparkhours.com/apcc.md) - [ASW Hour Requirements](https://sparkhours.com/asw.md) - [BBS Forms and Licensing Guides](https://sparkhours.com/guides.md)