The Europeans who immigrated to the United States are not a homogeneous group. They formerly lived in different national and social environments. They came to America from European countries at different times and for different reasons. They settled in various parts of America and by so doing changed both themselves and the United States.

Professionals who counsel European Americans need to understand each of their unique cultural worldviews in order to be helpful in ways that clients can understand and accept. Counselors need to decide what framework that can best be applied when working with individual clients from any of the European American groups. Interventions should not be limited to a "one style fits all." model.

It is also important to know that privilege is not equally distributed among all European Americans. Ethnic origin gender, social class, and sexual orientation have much to do with privilege and with worldview. Counselors need to be further reminded that European Americans are not all Anglo, and all are not privileged in the same way. Of course, those who have enjoyed social privilege often have struggles and issues, nevertheless.

Finally, it is important that the counselor not overgeneralize. European Americans, along with all other Americans will continue to change and be changed by this multicultural nation.