The aim of this paper is to articulate an expanded understanding of the term “Humanistic Psychology” in order to bring together the theoretical foundations and practices of Western and Buddhist humanistic psychology so that a more appropriate model for personal and social Well-Being can be formulated and put in practice. In this process, the work that the University of the West Buddhist Psychology and Counseling Research Center has been doing to integrate both the theoretical foundations and the modalities of psychotherapy found in various Western and Eastern traditions will be discussed. How this information can be utilized not only in psychotherapy and counseling, but also in social development as a whole, will be included in the final section of this paper.
