Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: B2, field of study: Sciences humaines et sociales)

I choose to study psychology because of several situations. First, I was doing law studies. I did that because I was impressed by a lawyer when I was 14. We went to a trial with school, and there was a lawyer speaking very well, during the defense of his client. The case was horrible, speaking of rape on her daughter, and thanks to his lawyer, the father went off with a small condamnation. I was a bit chocked by the trial, but especially impressed by the capacity of the lawyer to convince judges, only with his words. The idea of the power of the language came to me like this.
Then, years after, while my law studies were not pleasant anymore, I decided to stop to try something new. The idea of psychology and helping others by letting them speak came at this moment. With several experiences of free speaking dialogues with friends, family, or even strangers met in the street, I convinced myself that I was a good listener and also that I had enough capacity of empathy to help people with mental ilnesses. A iconic scene maked me feel confident about this choice.
I was waiting for my bus to go to the university during my law studies, smoking my cigarette, and a man came close to me. He asked me for a cigarette, I gave Alex Dupont one, but then I saw he was more or less crying. I asked him if he was ok, if not we could talk a bit in the park behind us. He accepted and followed me to a bench where we spend the next two hours speaking about life. He had many troubles in his life : family, addictions, cultural. He was a brazilian guy, raised by a french women because he was orphin. He sister was diagnosticed with schizophrenia. He was smoking pot a lot and try to adapted himself the best he can to the French society. While we were speaking, he told me many intimistics things, showing confidence to me. I was a stranger to him, younger than him, and I just offered him the place and the time to speak free about his personal issues. We also speoke about things not so difficult, like football. After that, he thanked me a lot for my time. I saw him few times after.