As a family law mediator things are ever changing and one example of a time when I had to adapt my conflict resolution strategy mid-process was when I was working with clients who started off getting along well and pretty quickly things went downhill and Wife filed for a temporary restraining order against her spouse. When that happened I had to adapt my strategy because the parties were not longer allowed to be in the same room (even virtually) anymore. So I had the parties both bring their attorneys to the sessions and I set them up in individual zoom rooms where I was able to go back and forth between them and facilitate a negotiated agreement on the remaining issues and let the court deal with the TRO. Although it took us more time to reach an agreement it still allowed the parties to remain in mediation and I was able to adeptly change my strategy to work with the clients where they were.