They called it counselling when DH went (I went with him) but it wasn't really. It was all done in one session. We went in. Dr explained the procedure to DH. Dr said "ok you ready?" DH said "yep" and off they went. snip snip snip done! I didn't have to sign anything but I was there with a 4mo DD sleeping in her capsule lol! He did fill in a form beforehand that asked how many kids we had, reason for vasectomy etc but I don't think the doc even looked at it.