It's not really that Ami regressed, it's just that Sensei broke, right after she gave him space, and he needs her again like he did back when she was 7.
The circumstances are what regressed, and as Ami hints at, this isn't actually something new for them:
Sensei and Ami even have a "sanity-pack":
If it wasn't for the break in, things would have probably even went back to normal, soon, like Ami implied:
But now, Ami and Sensei are probably even worse off than they were two months ago. Ami and Sensei have realized they aren't safe and Ami can't protect Sensei like this:
And Ami at least seems to be losing it more than ever: