As I have MA in Psychology, this is indeed interesting conjuction. There's quite a lot of buddhist influence in modern third-wave behavioural therapies like ACT therapy for example.

However I have mixed feelings about it. First, many different buddhist practices do not work well If some methods are used in isolation. Eg. practicing mindfulness without ethical conduct can be first, very ineffective (it's very hard to calm your mind If you're full of negative thoughts, desires, hatered etc), and second can lead to things like being a mindful asshole 😉 

I am more interested in overlap with cognitive sciences. There's a ton to explore there and it's striking how buddhist theory of mind and psyche from 2500 years ago is so aligned with modern science