Well, sounds like you got some benefit from her new approach. You could also ask her why she changed tactics. Her answer could be interesting.

My PNP was just telling me the other day that she was in therapy for 5 years with a Jungian therapist and I guess the T was not directive at all. She said she learned a lot and they went deep, but looking back, she wonders if that kept her in the same place longer than she needed to be. And she might have changed/grown faster if her T had been more confrontational. But she said she did learn a lot about herself and get where she wanted to go, but it took longer than it might have with a different approach.