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Background: The results of interview to 60 childbearing aged couples about the reason of men join the family planning program (Vasectomy), each selected 5 respondents in 12 Districts showed that 16 respondents (26,67%) said fear of disruption of household harmony,13 respondents (21,67%) said that family planning is the women-s affairs, 12 respondents (20%) said Vasectomy is the same as castrated, 10 respondents (16,67%) not supported by the wife, 5 respondents (8,33%) expressed fear about the surgery (medical devices), and 3 respondents (5%) stated that there was an embarrassment of family planning and 1 respondent (1,64%) stated the high cost of operations. The objective of this research was to determine the influence of counseling methods in the changes of behavior of childbearing aged couple in a Vasectomy program in Samaturu District, Kolaka Regency. Method: The typeof researchused is quantitative research, which is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-post test group design. The population in this study amounted to 540 with a sample of 66 respondents with simple random sampling technique. Result: The results in this study indicate that the value of the statistical test results show the value of P Value is 0.031 <0.05 with the highest difference value is by using the Focuss Group Discussion (FGD) + Motivator methodwhich is 9.23 so that it can be concluded counseling with the Focuss Group Discussion method (FGD) +Motivators are the most effective method of attitudes of men of fertile age couples (PUS) in the vasectomy program in Samaturu District, Kolaka Regency, so that H0 is rejected and Hais accepted. It can be concluded that there is an influence of counseling methods on changes in the behavior of Childbearing Aged Couple in the Vasectomy Program in Samaturu District, Kolaka Regency. Conclusion: Related institutions are recommended to be scientific references so that the policy approach in the study program is the development of operational models for the implementation of Focuss Group Discussion (FGD) + Motivator continuity and integrated methods through the support of competent stakeholders, in addition to the development of Information and Education Communication (IEC) through theleaflet methodand slide shows/audio visuals so that they can be designed more innovatively to make it more attractive to the public to participate in the Vasectomy program.