How accurate, my dear friend! And I'm guessing you're referring to the pathological level (aka NPD), right?
According to all experts I respect and look up to (most of whom are former survivors/current victorious and servant leaders, not merely therapists) confirm the percentage of recovering disordered narcissists is close to zero, sadly enough.
They explain that most of them (if not all) go to sessions only when they find themselves deprived of any support (to be read "narcissistic supply") and that it's nothing but a desperate tactic to "prove" their willingness to change so that they can suck their main supply source back into their lives.
According to the litterature I explored, NPD and other distructive personality disorders (whose core part is the narcissism character trait) are extremely averse to change because the whole persona is built on "grandiosity" and how "special" they are.
Interestingly and unfortunately, I've seen extreme resistance, as well, in inherently good folks with moderate narcissistic tendencies.
Moreover, it is heartbreaking to witness that the more they do resist, the higher their level of tendencies becomes, the more coward they are and the more closed their hearts are...
It seems to me that it would take much more than a single soul journey in the physical simulation to break their denial and generational curse...
Last but not least, I think that the narcissism whole continuum is the main actor responsible for humans cruelty and that narcissistic parents are much more frequent than we'd care to admit it, accept it, and let it go!
One of my adored therapists going by the name of Patrick Teahan LICSW said it best here:
Narcissistic parents are not just those with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, although it can mean that but narcissistic in the way that they are more focused on their own comfort instead of being a parent and in the role that they decided to take on, those who know what it means and even cherish and enjoy having children as we see with someone who is more securely attached.
