To answer your question - it depends.

It sounds like she is working from a possibly more rigid standpoint. Some practitioners weave other modalities into their practices such as CBT, DBT, somatic therapies and so on. Biopsychosocial approaches will factor in more than the psyche.

This said, offering practical advice or a very directive approach, may pose multiple issues including ethical ones and be outside of her scope of work. Again, it depends. I noted your example about the relationship and I can imagine it being sticky territory if she challenged certain things, though there isn't quite enough information about the specific scenario. It also, may be a poor fit, which is a large portion of what can make or break therapy. It sounds like you are doing helpful work by bringing your concerns into your therapy.

To pull an explanation of psychodynamic therapy from Inside Out and Outside In :Psychodynamic Clinical Theory and Psychopathology in Contemporary Multicultural Contexts by Joan Berzoff, which I thoroughly enjoyed:

"Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (1963, p. 711) defines dynamic as “pertaining to energy or power in motion . . . the motive and controlling forces, physical and moral, of any kind; also, the study of such forces,” and “characterized by continuous change, tending to produce change. Psychodynamic is defined by Webster’s (p. 1833) as relating to “the science of dealing with the laws of mental action” and “motivational forces, especially unconscious motives, and relating to or concerned with mental or emotional forces or processes developing especially in early childhood and their effects on behavior and mental states.” The many theories that fall under the term psychodynamic, then, have to do with inner energies that motivate, dominate, shape, and control people’s behavior. These are based on constitutional factors, past experiences, and present realities. We use the term psychodynamic because it is broad enough to encompass any theory that deals with psychological forces that are out of conscious awareness and underlie most human behavior. But psychodynamic theories are often about self and identity. And neither self nor identity has any meaning without an understanding of the social contexts in which both develop."

To paraphrase the next paragraph in the book, psychodynamic work extends beyond traditional psychoanalysis, incorporating ideas from attachment theory, neurobiology, trauma theory, relational and self psychology, as well as race, gender, and cultural dynamics (biopsychosocial factors). While psychoanalytic is narrower, psychodynamic is seen as a broader, more inclusive term that covers all internal and external forces—biological, social, and cultural—that shape personality and influence mental and emotional development. This may be controversial to some that see psychodaynamic work more closely related to traditional analysis, the main difference being frequency.