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It would not be unethical for a therapist to be eclectic nor for the therapist to try different ways to work with a client.
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There are hundreds of therapies. A therapist cannot be competent (or eclectic) in all of them. It is unethical to try to be or to so present oneself.
If a client wants (say) Jungian therapy, and the T is not trained in Jungian therapy, then it is the T's professional responsibility to refer the client to someone who is trained in it.
I agree that this requirement is thought to be in the best interests of the client, and I understand that you object to such requirements. For better or worse, though, therapists' rules of ethics do require a referral.