With the introduction of “psychological education”, mental health education has entered a new stage of development, and the integration with ideological and political education has become more obvious. In this context, it is important to explore the developing path of psychological education and promote the synergistic development of mental health education and ideological and political education. Colleges and universities could realize the innovative development of psychological education through optimizing education concept, innovating teaching mode, strengthening discipline linkage, absorbing social resources, utilizing counseling technology, exploring network resources and so on.